Toru Okada

Toru Okada was a screamo band from Austin, Texas. They formed in May of 2003 and broke up in September of 2006. In those three years, they released two demos (a five song demo and a three song demo) that later were combined to make the release "eight songs" that was made available online on their bandcamp page on January 9th, 2019, their self-titled debut album, two splits (one with Olive Tree and the other with Die, Emperor! Die!), and a tour cd from winter of 2004. They reunited for one show at the Broken Neck in 2008.

From the band's last.fm page: "Toru Okada was a screamo band from Austin, Texas. They formed in May of 2003 and announced that they were breaking up in September of 2006. Their sound is heavily influenced by mid-to-late 90s emo bands such as I Hate Myself, Portrait, The Khayembii Communique, The Spirit of Versailles, etc. They have released one full length, two splits, and two demos."