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Toyota Names New Executives

Tokyo April 13, 2005; TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION announced today planned executive changes, as described below.

1. Newly Appointed Members of the Board of Directors (9 people)-Pending approval at this year's regularly scheduled general shareholders' meeting in June

Name

New title

Current title

Hajime Wakayama

Senior Managing Director

Managing Officer

Hiroshi Takada

Senior Managing Director

Managing Officer

Teiji Tachibana

Senior Managing Director

Managing Officer

Shinichi Sasaki

Senior Managing Director

Managing Officer

Shin Kanada

Senior Managing Director

Managing Officer

Akira Okabe

Senior Managing Director

Managing Officer

Yoshio Shirai

Senior Managing Director

Managing Officer

Yoichiro Ichimaru

Senior Managing Director

Managing Officer

Shoji Ikawa

Senior Managing Director

Managing Officer

2. Retiring Directors (4 people)-To retire on the same day as this year's regularly scheduled general shareholders' meeting in June

Name

Current title

Yasuhito Yamauchi

Senior Managing Director

Takashi Kamio

Senior Managing Director

Hiroyuki Watanabe

Senior Managing Director

Akio Matsubara

Senior Managing Director

3. New Managing Officers (16 people)-Pending approval at a board of directors meeting following this year's regularly scheduled general shareholders' meeting in June

Name

Current title/assignment (at TMC, unless noted)

Senta Morioka

General Manager, Housing production Div.

Hironobu Inoue

General Manager, Corolla channel Operations Div.

Kazuhiko Takarada

General Manager, Administration Div., Motomachi Plant

Masayuki Nakai

General Manager, Public Affairs Div.

Toshiki Hayama

General Manager, Drive Train & Chassis Production Engineering Div.

Takahiro Iwase

General Manager, Machining Div., Myochi Plant

Akihito Tsuji

General Manager, Global Audit Div.

Yoshihiko Masuda

General Manager, Engine Administration Div.

Nobuo Kobayashi

General Manager, Tokyo Engineering Div.

Yoshimasa Ishii

Chief Coordinating Executive, Toyota Motor Marketing Europe n.v./s.a. (TMME)

Tatsuya Kaneko

General Manager, Domestic Sales Planning Div.

Takeshi Shirane

General Manager, Purchasing Div.1

Masanao Tomozoe

Senior Vice President, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (TMS)

Katsunori Itasaka

General Manager, Toyota Channel Operations Div.

Tokuyuki Takahashi

General Manager, R & D Management Div.

Real Tanguay

President, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. (TMMC)

4. Retiring Managing Officers (3 people)-To retire on the same day as this year's regularly scheduled general shareholders' meeting in June

Name

Current title

Masuji Arai

Managing Officer

Shinichi Kawashima

Managing Officer

Kunio Komada

Managing Officer

5. Board of Directors and Managing Officers-Board of Directors and Managing Officer candidates, pending approval at this year's regularly scheduled general shareholders' meeting in June

i. Board of Directors (26 people)

Name

New title

Hiroshi Okuda

Chairman

Fujio Cho*

Vice Chairman

Katsuhiro Nakagawa

Vice Chairman

Katsuaki Watanabe*

President

Tokuichi Uranishi*

Executive Vice President

Kazuo Okamoto*

Executive Vice President

Kyoji sasazu*

Executive Vice President

Mitsuo Kinoshita*

Executive Vice President

Yoshimi Inaba*

Executive Vice President

Takeshi Uchiyamada*

Executive Vice President

Masatami Takimoto*

Executive Vice President

Akio Toyoda*

Executive Vice President

Tetsuo Hattori

Senior Managing Director

Yukitoshi Funo

Senior Managing Director

Takeshi Suzuki

Senior Managing Director

Atsushi Niimi

Senior Managing Director

Hajime Wakayama*

Senior Managing Director

Hiroshi Takada*

Senior Managing Director

Teiji Tachibana*

Senior Managing Director

Shinichi Sasaki*

Senior Managing Director

Shin Kanada*

Senior Managing Director

Akira Okabe*

Senior Managing Director

Yoshio Shirai*

Senior Managing Director

Yoichiro Ichimaru*

Senior Managing Director

Shoji Ikawa*

Senior Managing Director

Shoichiro Toyoda

Honorary Chairman

*Promoted

ii. Board of Corporate Auditors (7 people)

Name

New title

Hideaki Miyahara

Corporate Auditor

Yoshiro Hayashi

Corporate Auditor

Chiaki Yamaguchi

Corporate Auditor

Yasutaka Okamura

Corporate Auditor (outside)

Hiromu Okabe

Corporate Auditor (outside)

Yoichi Kaya

Corporate Auditor (outside)

Tadashi Ishikawa

Corporate Auditor (outside)

iii. Managing Officers (48 people)

Name

New title

Koichi Ina

Managing Officer

Yoshikazu Amano

Managing Officer

Takeshi Yoshida

Managing Officer

Shinzo Kobuki

Managing Officer

Akira Sasaki

Managing Officer

Hiroshi Kawakami

Managing Officer

Hitoshi Nishiyama

Managing Officer

Iwao Nihashi

Managing Officer

Tadashi Arashima

Managing Officer

Masamoto Maekawa

Managing Officer

Mamoru Furuhashi

Managing Officer

Satoshi Ozawa

Managing Officer

Seichi Sudo

Managing Officer

Yasuhiko Ichihashi

Managing Officer

Tadashi Yamashina

Managing Officer

Takashi Hata

Managing Officer

James E. Press

Managing Officer

Gary L. Convis

Managing Officer

Alan J. Jones

Managing Officer

Wahei Hirai

Managing Officer

Tatehito Ueda

Managing Officer

Takashi Shigematu

Managing Officer

Yuzo Ushiyama

Managing Officer

Yoshikatsu Tanaka

Managing Officer

Nobuyoshi Hisada

Managing Officer

Yasumori Ihara

Managing Officer

Mitsuhisa Kato

Managing Officer

Takahiko Ijichi

Managing Officer

Toshio Furutani

Managing Officer

Tetsuo Agata

Managing Officer

John H. Conomos

Managing Officer

Panagiotis J. Athanasopoulos

Managing Officer

Senta Morioka*

Managing Officer

Hironobu Inoue*

Managing Officer

Kazuhiko Takarada*

Managing Officer

Masayuki Nakai*

Managing Officer

Toshiki Hayama*

Managing Officer

Takahiro Iwase*

Managing Officer

Akihito Tsuji*

Managing Officer

Yoshihiko Masuda*

Managing Officer

Nobuo Kobayashi*

Managing Officer

Yoshimasa Ishii*

Managing Officer

Tatsuya Kaneko*

Managing Officer

Takeshi Shirane*

Managing Officer

Masanao Tomozoe*

Managing Officer

Katsunori Itasaka*

Managing Officer

Tokuyuki Takahashi*

Managing Officer

Real Tanguay*

Managing Officer

*Newly appointed

For more Information, please contact Tomomi Imai/Paul Nolasco 03-3817-9150/9161 of the International Communications Department, Public Affairs Division, Toyota Motor Corporation.