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Tojiro Okamoto [Toyota Motor Sales]Shotaro Kamiya Honorary Advisor Director, Honorary Chairman Honorary Chairman Chairman of the Board Vice Chairman of the Board President Executive Vice President List of Executives(As of June 2012) ※The numbers in the bar chart stand for the months of the year in which the executives took or left office. Director, Senior Managing Officer Senior Managing Officer Senior Managing Director Managing Director Managing Officer Director Corporate Auditor Year 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Name Risaburo Toyoda 8 111 12 Kiichiro Toyoda 8 16 8 1 12 Risaburo Oshima Director: May. 1945 - Aug. 1945 Managing Director: Aug. 1945 - Nov. 1945 Kenkichi Takeuchi 8 3 Jinkichi Terada 8 11 Katsutaro Fujino 8 11 Takatoshi Kan 8 10 Shiguma Ikenaga 8 10 11 56 Shogo Ito 8 10 8 11 11 12 4 Shotaro Kamiya 7 19 Shotaro Kamiya [Toyota Motor Sales] Shotaro Kamiya 4 12 6 12 Heikichi Toyoda 8 10 Akiji Nishikawa 845 10 Iwataro Okabe 8 10 8 12 Tojiro Okamoto 1 7 Tojiro Okamoto [Toyota Motor Sales] Tojiro Okamoto 55 Eiichi Okazaki 8 41 5 Eizo Okano 10 10 12 7 Denshichi Ito 4 11 5 Chubei Ito 4 12 Komanosuke Sasaki Corporate Auditor: Apr. 1939 - May 1939 Tatsu Naruse 10 12 Hisayoshi Akai 1 12 Shinzaburo Iida 1 12 Keinosuke Saito 5 7 11 Kenzo Gonno Kenzo Gonno 11 11 Kohachiro Nishimura Kohachiro Nishimura 11 11 6 Toshio Yoshikawa Toshio Yoshikawa 11 1 55 Torao Hayashi Torao Hayashi 11 12 Shigeru Yamashita Shigeru Yamashita 11 11 Kota Tsukada Kota Tsukada 11 8 Shuji Ono Shuji Ono 5 2272 Eiji Toyoda 5 77 2 10 7 99 6~ Eiji Toyoda [Toyota Motor Sales] Eiji Toyoda 5 6 6 Seiichi Yamanaka Seiichi Yamanaka 5 11 7 11 Kazuo Kumabe Kazuo Kumabe 5 26 Shoichi Saito Shoichi Saito 12 7 2 10 12 9 Shiro Onishi 12 4 Shiro Onishi [Toyota Motor Sales] Shiro Onishi 4 411 5 Sasuke Toyoda Sasuke Toyoda 12 11 Tadashi Kondo 2 2 11 Tadashi Kondo [Toyota Motor Sales] Tadashi Kondo 11 3 Hanji Umehara Hanji Umehara 2 2 7 Shikanosuke Hanasaki [Toyota Motor Sales] Shikanosuke Hanasaki 4 453 Kenichiro Kunori [Toyota Motor Sales] Kenichiro Kunori 4 5 11 5 Hide Nagai [Toyota Motor Sales] Hide Nagai 6 4 11 510 Taizo Ishida 7 8 7 Taizo Ishida [Toyota Motor Sales] Taizo Ishida 55 Fukio Nakagawa Fukio Nakagawa 77 8 10 Seishi Kato 99 Seishi Kato [Toyota Motor Sales] Seishi Kato 5 411 11 12 66 On Nakae [Toyota Motor Sales] On Nakae 5 4 11 1 Yoshishige Takagi [Toyota Motor Sales] Yoshishige Takagi 5 5 Masaki Akasaka [Toyota Motor Sales] Masaki Akasaka 5 11 4 Tanejiro Yasuda Tanejiro Yasuda 11 1 Shoichi Iida Shoichi Iida 11 1 Masao Yamamoto Masao Yamamoto 7 7 10 12 4 9 Shoichiro Toyoda 7 110 12 6 7 9 6 6~ Shoichiro Toyoda [Toyota Motor Sales]Shoichiro Toyoda 5 6 6 6 Keizo Kodama Keizo Kodama 13 Sadazo Yamamoto [Toyota Motor Sales]Sadazo Yamamoto 5 11 11 11 66 Ryuji Kamiya [Toyota Motor Sales]Ryuji Kamiya 5 11 11 9 Nobuji Araki 7 5 Nobuji Araki [Toyota Motor Sales]Nobuji Araki 5512 6 Hideo Tsutsumi Hideo Tsutsumi 7 12 7 7 Taiichi Ono Taiichi Ono 7 12 7 7 9 Junnosuke Sekiyama Junnosuke Sekiyama 75 Yoshiyuki Aoki [Toyota Motor Sales]Yoshiyuki Aoki 11 10 Setsuo Kawamoto [Toyota Motor Sales]Setsuo Kawamoto 11 1 Kazuo Kojima [Toyota Motor Sales]Kazuo Kojima 11 5 11 5 Hirosuke Shigematsu Hirosuke Shigematsu 12 Yugo Naruse Yugo Naruse 1 1 Atsumitsu Saisyo [Toyota Motor Sales]Atsumitsu Saisyo 5 5 Senior Advisor, Member of the Board: Masaya Hanai Masaya Hanai 712 7 7 9 9 July 1982 - Sep. 1982 Susumu Otake [Toyota Motor Sales]Susumu Otake 11 5 11 6 6 Masaaki Noguchi Masaaki Noguchi 1 17 9 Shoichi Matsuo Shoichi Matsuo 1 1 7 9 9 Kichiro Yamashita [Toyota Motor Sales]Kichiro Yamashita 5 5 Seihei Takeuchi Seihei Takeuchi 712 Tatsu Inagawa Tatsu Inagawa 7711 7 Hidetaro Mori Hidetaro Mori 7 7 7 9 9 Masataka Matsuura [Toyota Motor Sales]Masataka Matsuura 5 10 5 5 Yoshio Amano [Toyota Motor Sales]Yoshio Amano 5 11 11 8 Shinichi Kanda [Toyota Motor Sales]Shinichi Kanda 5 511 6 6 Tozo Yabuta Tozo Yabuta 7 7 39 Keimei Yamamoto Keimei Yamamoto 7 7 9 9 Yoshinori Kaneko [Toyota Motor Sales]Yoshinori Kaneko 5 6 Masuo Yanagi Masuo Yanagi 7 1 Yasuyuki Kozuma [Toyota Motor Sales]Yasuyuki Kozuma 11 10 Tatsuo Hasegawa Tatsuo Hasegawa 7 7 9 9 Akira Sakuma Akira Sakuma 7511 7 Tatsuya Watanabe [Toyota Motor Sales]Tatsuya Watanabe 11 9 Iwao Imazu [Toyota Motor Sales]Iwao Imazu 11 11 6 6 Masatoshi Morita Masatoshi Morita 7 7 9 9 9 Toshio Morita Toshio Morita 7 7 9 79 Sakae Ohara Sakae Ohara 77 Yuzo Ichikawa [Toyota Motor Sales]Yuzo Ichikawa 512 Tsuneo Sugiyama [Toyota Motor Sales]Tsuneo Sugiyama 5 5 6 6 Isao Makino 799 Isao Makino [Toyota Motor Sales]Isao Makino 5 12 6 6 Keiichiro Kuroda [Toyota Motor Sales]Keiichiro Kuroda 5 12 6 6 Shigenobu Yamamoto Shigenobu Yamamoto 75 978 Shun Fujimoto Shun Fujimoto 7 9 69 Masao Nemoto Masao Nemoto 7 9 9 9 Hiroyasu Ono Hiroyasu Ono 7 9 9 99 Kozo Minowa [Toyota Motor Sales]Kozo Minowa 11 6 6 6 Mikio Hayashi [Toyota Motor Sales]Mikio Hayashi 11 6 6 Akira Kawahara [Toyota Motor Sales]Akira Kawahara 11 66 Chiharu Ino [Toyota Motor Sales]Chiharu Ino 11 66 Tsutomu Oshima Managing Director:July 1982 - Sep. 1982 991 7 Tsutomu Oshima [Toyota Motor Sales]Tsutomu Oshima 5 66 Gentaro Tsuji Gentaro Tsuji 7 9 9 999 Kaneyoshi Kusunoki Kaneyoshi Kusunoki 7 9999 Hiroshige Fuse Hiroshige Fuse 7 95 Kiyoshi Matsumoto Kiyoshi Matsumoto 7 9999 Shigeru Aoki Shigeru Aoki 7 9 99 Itaru Niimi Itaru Niimi 7 92 9 Masami Iwasaki Masami Iwasaki 7 99 996 Shigeru Moriya Shigeru Moriya 7 9 9 Uzuhiko Tsuboi Uzuhiko Tsuboi 7 9 29 Toshiro Fujita Director: July 1982 - Sep. 1982 99 Toshiro Fujita [Toyota Motor Sales]Toshiro Fujita 11 6 Tatsuro Toyoda 9 9 999 968 6 Tatsuro Toyoda Senior Advisor, Member of the Board [Toyota Motor Sales]Tatsuro Toyoda 11 6 Takaharu Mizuno Takaharu Mizuno 19 Hideyo Tamura Hideyo Tamura 199999 Kyubee Tanaka Kyubee Tanaka 15 Kenichiro Osumi Kenichiro Osumi 1 9 Keiji Gonda Keiji Gonda 11 Keiichi Tsuzuki [Toyota Motor Sales]Keiichi Tsuzuki 56 Ryo Urano [Toyota Motor Sales]Ryo Urano 56 Hideo Kamio Managing Director: July 1982 - Sep. 1982 99 9 Hideo Kamio [Toyota Motor Sales]Hideo Kamio 66 6 Takao Aoki [Toyota Motor Sales]Takao Aoki 6 6 Saburo Kimura Saburo Kimura 99 Toru Takahashi Toru Takahashi 9 9 9 12 Yoshitada Fujimaki 999 Yoshitada Fujimaki [Toyota Motor Sales]Yoshitada Fujimaki 66 Yukio Tanaka 7999 Yukio Tanaka [Toyota Motor Sales]Yukio Tanaka 66 Noboru Katayama 799 9 Noboru Katayama [Toyota Motor Sales]Noboru Katayama 66 Masuo Amano Masuo Amano 999 3 9 Kiyoshi Kimura Kiyoshi Kimura 9 99 9 Mitsuru Tsuchiya Mitsuru Tsuchiya 99 Shiro Sasaki Shiro Sasaki 9999 9 Tamotsu Arashima 999 99 Tamotsu Arashima [Toyota Motor Sales]Tamotsu Arashima 66 Takatoshi Ando Takatoshi Ando 999 Mitsuya Kaneko 7999 Mitsuya Kaneko [Toyota Motor Sales]Mitsuya Kaneko 66 Yukiyasu Togo Director: July 1982 - Sep. 1982 9 99 Yukiyasu Togo [Toyota Motor Sales]Yukiyasu Togo 66 Takayuki Osuka 79 Takayuki Osuka [Toyota Motor Sales]Takayuki Osuka 66 Toshio Naito [Toyota Motor Sales]Toshio Naito 6 6 Masaharu Tanaka 79996 Masaharu Tanaka [Toyota Motor Sales]Masaharu Tanaka 6 6 Takeshi Okano Takeshi Okano 99 Michikazu Takemoto Michikazu Takemoto 99 Takashi Toyozumi Takashi Toyozumi 9 9 Shoji Ban Shoji Ban 9 9 59 Toshimi Onishi Toshimi Onishi 9 9 9 9 6 Keiji Nogami Keiji Nogami 9 99 Akio Numazawa Akio Numazawa 9 9 9 Yoshiro Kimbara Yoshiro Kimbara 9 9 9 9 9 Yasuo Shibata Yasuo Shibata 9 9 Goro Koyama Goro Koyama 99 Shigemitsu Miyake 79 Shigemitsu Miyake [Toyota Motor Sales]Shigemitsu Miyake 66 Masahiro Kojima Masahiro Kojima 79 Teruyuki Taniguchi Teruyuki Taniguchi 79 Senior Advisor, Hiroshi Okuda Hiroshi Okuda 7 9 9 9 8 6 6 6 Member of the Board Saburo Bito Saburo Bito 9 9 9 Iwao Yamamoto Iwao Yamamoto 9 9 Kan Higashi Kan Higashi 9 46 9 Setsuro Sekiya Setsuro Sekiya 9 9 99 Michiyuki Inukai Michiyuki Inukai 9 9 Fumio Agetsuma Fumio Agetsuma 9 9 99 Ikuro Ito Ikuro Ito 9 9 Takeo Tsukada Takeo Tsukada 9 9 9 Yoshitoshi Toyoda Yoshitoshi Toyoda 9 6 Masaaki Ohashi Masaaki Ohashi 999 9 Eiichi Kumabe Eiichi Kumabe 999 9 Junji Numata Junji Numata 999 6 Junichi Sakurai Junichi Sakurai 99 Iwao Isomura Iwao Isomura 9 9 9 9 61 Director: Hiroshi Hasegawa Hiroshi Hasegawa 99 9 Aug. 1990 - Sep. 1990 Jun Sakakibara Jun Sakakibara 99 Tadashi Onishi Tadashi Onishi 99 9 6 Akira Takahashi Akira Takahashi 999 6 6 Kenzo Tamai Kenzo Tamai 999 5 Shohei Kurihara Shohei Kurihara 999 3 Shoji Jimbo Shoji Jimbo 9 99 9 Iwao Okijima Iwao Okijima 999 86 Akihiro Wada Akihiro Wada 999 9 6 Shigeji Tsuji Shigeji Tsuji 999 3 Katsuro Nakamura Katsuro Nakamura 999 Iichi Shingu Iichi Shingu 999 9 Takamitsu Suzuki Takamitsu Suzuki 99 Terukazu Inoue Terukazu Inoue 9966 Akira Yokoi Akira Yokoi 9966 Hidetoshi Hirai Hidetoshi Hirai 99 Kanji Kurioka Kanji Kurioka 9966 Hiroshi Kosaka Hiroshi Kosaka 99 Yoshiho Yasuhara Yoshiho Yasuhara 93 Kenichi Kato Kenichi Kato 999 6 Tokio Horigome Tokio Horigome 999 Masanao Shiomi Masanao Shiomi 996 Hiroshi Chiwa Hiroshi Chiwa 996 6 Hideo Ikenaga Hideo Ikenaga 996 Masami Konishi Masami Konishi 996 Fujio Cho Fujio Cho 99666 6 6~ Kosuke Ikebuchi Kosuke Ikebuchi 996 66 6 Mamoru Kaida Mamoru Kaida 99 Shinji Sakai Shinji Sakai 9 66 Shinichi Kato Shinichi Kato 99666 Katsumoto Fujita Katsumoto Fujita 99 Tadaaki Jagawa Tadaaki Jagawa 99666 Junichi Yoshikawa Junichi Yoshikawa 99 Akira Kisaki Akira Kisaki 99 Yasuo Matsushima Yasuo Matsushima 99
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