Toyota announces management appointments

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced April 23 planned executive changes to take effect following the ordinary general shareholders meeting in June, as described below.

1.	New Member of the Board of Directors Candidates (5 people) - Pending approval at this year's ordinary general shareholders meeting in June.

Name	New title	Current title
Iwao Nihashi	Senior Managing Director	Managing Officer
Yasuhiko Ichihashi	Senior Managing Director	Managing Officer
Tadashi Yamashina	Senior Managing Director	Managing Officer
Takahiko Ijichi	Senior Managing Director	Managing Officer
Tetsuo Agata	Senior Managing Director	Managing Officer

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

Name	Current title
Tokuichi Uranishi	Executive Vice President and Representative Director
Takeshi Suzuki	Senior Managing Director
Takeshi Yoshida	Senior Managing Director
Hiroshi Kawakami	Senior Managing Director

3.	Managing Directors with Title Change (1 person) - Pending approval at a board of directors meeting following this year's ordinary general shareholders meeting in June.

Name	New title	Current title
Kazuo Okamoto	Vice Chairman and Representative Director	Executive Vice President and Representative Director

4.	New Managing Officer Candidates (12 people) - Pending approval at a board of directors meeting following this year's ordinary general shareholders meeting in June.

Name	Current Title
Hiroyuki Yokoyama	General Manager, Customer Quality Engineering Div.
Koei Saga	General Manager, Hybrid Vehicle System Engineering Div.
Naofumi Masuda	General Manager, Fundamental Production Engineering Div. No.2
Shigeki Terashi	Executive Chief Engineer, TOYOTA Development Center 1
Takuo Matsui	General Manager, Global Project Planning Div.
Norihiko Arai	General Manager, Corolla channel Operations Div.
Mitsuru Takada	General Manager, Corporate Planning Div.
Soichiro Okudaira	Executive Chief Engineer, TOYOTA Development Center 2
Hiroyuki Ochiai	General Manager, Project Planning & Management Div.
Yasuo Kawada	General Manager, Vehicle Planning & Production Engineering Div.
Naoki Miyazaki	General Manager, Labor Relations Div.
James (Jim) E. Lentz	President, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.

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

Name

Seiichi Sudo

Hironobu Inoue

Kazuhiko Takarada

Nobuo Kobayashi

For Reference

Expected executive lineup following June 2008 ordinary general shareholders meeting — The appointment of the members of the board is to be officially approved by the shareholders at the ordinary general shareholders meeting in June 2008.  The managing directors and representative directors are to be officially approved by the members of the board at the board of directors meeting held following the ordinary general shareholders meeting.

i. Board of Directors (30 people)

Name	New title
Fujio Cho	Chairman and Representative Director
Katsuhiro Nakagawa	Vice Chairman and Representative Director
Kazuo Okamoto*	Vice Chairman and Representative Director
Katsuaki Watanabe	President and Representative Director
Kyoji Sasazu	Executive Vice President and Representative Director
Mitsuo Kinoshita	Executive Vice President and Representative Director
Takeshi Uchiyamada	Executive Vice President and Representative Director
Masatami Takimoto	Executive Vice President and Representative Director
Akio Toyoda	Executive Vice President and Representative Director
Yukitoshi Funo	Senior Managing Director
Atsushi Niimi	Senior Managing Director
Hiroshi Takada	Senior Managing Director
Teiji Tachibana	Senior Managing Director
Shinichi Sasaki	Senior Managing Director
Akira Okabe	Senior Managing Director
Yoichiro Ichimaru	Senior Managing Director
Shoji Ikawa	Senior Managing Director
Koichi Ina	Senior Managing Director
Shinzo Kobuki	Senior Managing Director
Akira Sasaki	Senior Managing Director
Tadashi Arashima	Senior Managing Director
Mamoru Furuhashi	Senior Managing Director
Satoshi Ozawa	Senior Managing Director
Iwao Nihashi*	Senior Managing Director
Yasuhiko Ichihashi*	Senior Managing Director
Tadashi Yamashina*	Senior Managing Director
Takahiko Ijichi*	Senior Managing Director
Tetsuo Agata*	Senior Managing Director
Shoichiro Toyoda	Honorary Chairman
Hiroshi Okuda	Senior Advisor

* Promoted


ii. Corporate Auditors (7 people)

Name	New title
Yoshikazu Amano	Full-time Corporate Auditor
Chiaki Yamaguchi	Full-time Corporate Auditor
Masaki Nakatsugawa	Full-time Corporate Auditor
Yoichi Kaya*	Corporate Auditor
Yoichi Morishita*	Corporate Auditor
Akishige Okada*	Corporate Auditor
Kunihiro Matsuo*	Corporate Auditor

* Outside corporate auditors set forth in Article 2-16 of the Corporation Act of Japan


iii. Managing Officers (50 people)

Name	New title
Takashi Hata	Managing Officer
Wahei Hirai	Managing Officer
Tatehito Ueda	Managing Officer
Takashi Shigematsu	Managing Officer
Yuzo Ushiyama	Managing Officer
Toshio Furutani	Managing Officer
Senta Morioka	Managing Officer
Masayuki Nakai	Managing Officer
Toshiki Hayama	Managing Officer
Takahiro Iwase	Managing Officer
Akihito Tsuji	Managing Officer
Yoshihiko Masuda	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 C. Tanguay	Managing Officer
Ryoichi Sasaki	Managing Officer
Seiho Kawakami	Managing Officer
Yasuhiko Yokoi	Managing Officer
Takahiro Fujioka	Managing Officer
Masanobu Kawase	Managing Officer
Yukio Nishikawa	Managing Officer
Hirofumi Muta	Managing Officer
Thierry Dombreval	Managing Officer
Shigeki Suzuki	Managing Officer
Katsutada Masumoto	Managing Officer
Yasushi Kohara	Managing Officer
Shigeru Hayakawa	Managing Officer
Hisayuki Inoue	Managing Officer
Hiroji Onishi	Managing Officer
Keiji Masui	Managing Officer
Kenji Miura	Managing Officer
Kiyotaka Ise	Managing Officer
Katsuyuki Miyabayashi	Managing Officer
Didier Leroy	Managing Officer
Hiroyuki Yokoyama*	Managing Officer
Koei Saga*	Managing Officer
Naofumi Masuda*	Managing Officer
Shigeki Terashi*	Managing Officer
Takuo Matsui*	Managing Officer
Norihiko Arai*	Managing Officer
Mitsuru Takada*	Managing Officer
Soichiro Okudaira*	Managing Officer
Hiroyuki Ochiai*	Managing Officer
Yasuo Kawada*	Managing Officer
Naoki Miyazaki*	Managing Officer
James (Jim) E. Lentz*	Managing Officer

* Promoted