Masashi Asakura
Senior Fellow
Senior Fellow
Masashi Asakura,
Senior Fellow
As of April 1, 2024
- Date of birth
- March 16, 1958
- Nationality
- Japan
- Education
- Master's degree in engineering, Osaka University, 1984
- Career
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- Apr. 1984
- Joined Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC)
- Jan. 2007
- General Manager, Motomachi Plant Body Manufacturing Division
- Jan. 2010
- General Manager, Motomachi Plant Administration Division
- Apr. 2012
- Executive General Manager
- Apr. 2012
- Plant General Manager, Tahara Plant
- Apr. 2017
- Plant General Manager, Takaoka Plant
- Apr. 2017
- Plant General Manager, Tsutsumi Plant
- Jan. 2018
- Managing Officer
- Jan. 2018
- Deputy Chief Officer, TPS Group
- Jan. 2019
- Operating Officer
- Jan. 2019
- Chief Officer, TPS Group
- Jan. 2019
- Chief Officer, Production Planning Group
- Jan. 2019
- Supervisor of plants across in-house companies, Plants
- Jun. 2020
- Chief Officer, Production Group
- Jan. 2021
- Executive Vice President, Toyota Motor Kyushu, Inc.
- Apr. 2024
- Senior Fellow (TMC) (current)
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