During Himuki's youth Toramaru often was his training partner, while the young boy practiced his skills in absorbing and applying natural energy in battles, being supervised by Ginba and Araiha. Although he was a cautious and respectful tiger, Toramaru initially saw Himuki as a weak and easy opponent to be defeated, however, as Himuki specialized himself in senjutsu his training and his fights against Toramaru were becoming more time consuming and more complicated over time. Initially, Toramaru had won Himuki twenty-four in a row without a single victory of Himuki, times after Himuki has scored eighteen straight wins and during the last of all count of wins they were tied with thirty-one victories each.