EX-99.1 2 ex99-1_042605.txt PRESS RELEASE - APRIL 11, 2005 For immediate release April 11, 2005 Toyota Names New Executives Tokyo -- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION announced today planned changes to its directors and managing officers as described below. An announcement has been made on February 9th regarding positions of executive vice president and above. 1. Newly Appointed Members of the Board of Directors (9 people)--Pending approval at this year's regularly scheduled general shareholders' meeting in June; Nominations for executive vice president and above have been released on February 9th. ---------------------- ----------------------------- --------------------------- 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 day of this year's regularly scheduled general shareholders' meeting in June; Nominations for executive vice president and above have been released on February 9th. ------------------------------ --------------------------------------- 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 scheduled subsequent to but on the same day as this year's regularly scheduled general shareholders' meeting in June: -------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- Current title/assignment Name (at Toyota Motor Corp 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) -------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- 1 -------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- 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 C. Tanguay President, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. (TMMC) -------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- 4. Retiring Managing Officers (3 people)--To retire on the day of 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--As a result of the foregoing, Toyota Motor Corporation's new Board of Directors and Managing Officer candidates, pending approval at this year's regularly scheduled general shareholders' meeting in June, is expected to consist of the following: 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 --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 2 --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- Shoji Ikawa* Senior Managing Director --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- Shoichiro Toyoda Honorary Chairman Member of the Board --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- *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 Shigematsu 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 --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 3 --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 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 C. Tanguay* Managing Officer --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- *Newly appointed 4