With two other men, Kohei and Takuya, Toru and Ryota formed a hip-hop dance group called Heads when they were fifth and sixth-graders.

The group performed every weekend in Osaka's Kyoubashi and Tokyo's Akihabara, shopping and amusement districts.

[6] That year, he invited Ryota, their upperclassman Alex and his friend Koyanagi Yuu to form a rock band.

He met Takahiro Moriuchi when he performed with his previous band and then stalked him until he joined One Ok Rock, after repeated rejections.

[9] He is heavily influenced by American bands Foo Fighters, The Smashing Pumpkins, Enter Shikari, Linkin Park, Good Charlotte, Sleeping With Sirens, Nirvana, The Used, Avril Lavigne, and Biffy Clyro.

Toru used Gibson Les Paul guitars in early One Ok Rock live concerts.