Graduated from The Australian Ballet School and received the Keith M. Christensen Award for Excellence and Australian Multicultural Foundation scholarships. As a student, he had danced in The Nutcracker, Swan Lake and Giselle and performed in Coppelia and Manon with The Australian Ballet and Romeo and Juliet with the English National Ballet. Toru joined SDT in April 2003 and performed in Sakiko Oshima's Le Festin d'Immortalité, Marius Petipa's Paquita, Stanton Welch's Madame Butterfly, Graham Lustig's Cinderella, Jean-Paul Comelin's The Sleeping Beauty, Marie-Claude Pietragalla's Les Noces and Rite of Spring, Reminiscing the Moon by Boi Sakti, and Jeffrey Tan's The Nutcracker. He also performed as the Drummer Boy in David Lichine's Graduation Ball and Gurn in La Sylphide. Toru took the lead role in Coppelia, and had principal roles in Impressions and Ballet Under The Stars 2007. Recent involvements are Legacy of Goh Choo San, Swan Lake and Giselle In The Park.