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.