Toyota City, Japan, November 25, 2025―Toyota Motor Corporation announced today that it intends to implement executive and senior professional/senior management employee changes as described below, effective January 1, 2026.

  1. Executives
  1. Resigning Executive
Name Current
  Kazuaki Shingo Operating Officer
  1. Operating Officers' Areas of Responsibility
Name Current New
  Koji Sato President
Chief Executive Officer
President
Chief Executive Officer
  Hiroki Nakajima Executive Vice President
Chief Technology Officer
Executive Vice President
Chief Technology Officer
  Yoichi Miyazaki Executive Vice President Executive Vice President
  Takahiro Imura Operating Officer
Production Group (Chief Officer)
Operating Officer
Production Group (Chief Officer)
  Tetsuo Ogawa Operating Officer
North America Region (Chief Executive Officer)
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Operating Officer
North America Region (Chief Executive Officer)
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
  Tatsuro Ueda Operating Officer
China Region (Chief Executive Officer)
Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
Operating Officer
China Region (Chief Executive Officer)
Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
  Simon Humphries Operating Officer
Chief Branding Officer
Operating Officer
Chief Branding Officer
  Kenta Kon Operating Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Woven by Toyota, Inc.
Member of the Board of Directors
Chief Financial Officer
Operating Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Woven by Toyota, Inc.
Member of the Board of Directors
Chief Financial Officer
  1. Senior Professionals/Senior Management Employees
  1. Senior Professional/Senior Management Employee Changes
    (Chief Officers, Presidents, Fellows)
Name Current New
  Koichi Shirozu Software Development Center (Chief Project Leader) Software Development Center (Fellow)
  Masahiro Yamamoto General Administration & Human Resources Group (Chief Officer)
India, Middle East, East Asia & Oceania Region
In charge of South Korea & Mongolia (Senior General Manager)
Chief Risk Officer
General Administration & Human Resources Group (Chief Officer)
India, Middle East, East Asia & Oceania Region
In charge of South Korea & Mongolia (Senior General Manager)
  Takanori Azuma Chief Risk Officer
Accounting Group (Chief Officer)
India, Middle East, East Asia & Oceania Region
In charge of Taiwan (Senior General Manager)
Accounting Group (Chief Officer)
India, Middle East, East Asia & Oceania Region
In charge of Taiwan (Senior General Manager)
  Yoji Matsuyama Chief Compliance Officer
External & Public Affairs Group (Deputy Chief Officer)
External & Public Affairs Group (Deputy Chief Officer)
  Yoshinori Ohno General Administration & Human Resources Group
General Administration Div. (General Manager)
Chief Compliance Officer
General Administration & Human Resources Group (Deputy Chief Officer)
General Administration Div. (Concurrently General Manager)
  Takami Kato Purchasing Group (Deputy Chief Officer) Secondment*
  Arata Ito Purchasing Group
Supplychain Strategy Div. (General Manager)
Purchasing Group (Deputy Chief Officer)
  Takefumi Shiga Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
Production Group (Deputy Chief Officer)
* A separate announcement will be made by the seconded company.
  1. Organizational Structures as of January 1, 2026
♦ denotes change to responsibility (does not include organizational name changes)
CxOs
CxO Name
Chief Executive Officer   Koji Sato
Chief Technology Officer   Hiroki Nakajima
Chief Financial Officer   Kenta Kon
Chief Branding Officer   Simon Humphries
Chief Risk Officer Masahiro Yamamoto
Deputy Chief Risk Officer   Christopher Yang
Chief Compliance Officer Yoshinori Ohno
Deputy Chief Compliance Officer   Christopher Yang
Chief Quality Officer   Shinji Miyamoto
In-house Companies
Company President Executive Vice President
Advanced R&D and Engineering Company   Hirofumi Inoue   Chika Kako
Carbon Neutral Engineering Development Center   Keiji Kaita  
Software Development Center   Akihiro Sarada   Toshihiro Izumi
(Yoshifumi Kato / DENSO Corporation)
Vehicle Development Center   Takahiro Ishijima  
Toyota Compact Car Company   Tsukasa Takahashi  
Mid-size Vehicle Company   Yasushi Ueda  
CV Company   Takanori Kimata  
Lexus International Co.   Takashi Watanabe  
Powertrain Company   Takashi Uehara  
Production Engineering Development Center   Motoki Watanabe  
GAZOO Racing Company   Tomoya Takahashi  
Regions
Region Chief Executive Officer / Chief Officer Deputy Chief Executive Officer / Deputy Chief Officer
Business Planning & Operation   Hiroshi Nanbu (President)  
North America Region   Tetsuo Ogawa  
Europe Region   Yoshihiro Nakata  
Japan Business Group   Shigeki Tomoyama   Katsumi Akao
Masahiro Miyoshi
China Region   Tatsuro Ueda   Masahiko Maeda
Asia Region   Masahiko Maeda   Hao Tien
India, Middle East, East Asia & Oceania Region   Masakazu Yoshimura  
Latin America & Caribbean Region   Rafael Chang  
Business Groups
Business Group Chief Officer Deputy Chief Officer
Hydrogen Factory   Mitsumasa Yamagata  
Frontier Research Center   (Nobuhiko Koga / Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.)  
TPS Group   Ryuji Aiba  
Business Development Group   Isao Nakanishi  
External & Public Affairs Group   Hiroyuki Ueda   Yoji Matsuyama
General Administration & Human Resources Group   Masahiro Yamamoto Yoshinori Ohno
Digital Information and Communications Group   Keiji Yamamoto   Toshiyuki Hibi
Hideharu Matsuoka
Accounting Group   Takanori Azuma  
Sales Financial Business Group   Hiroyoshi Korosue   Hao Tien
Purchasing Group   Kazunari Kumakura Arata Ito
Customer First Promotion Group   Shinji Miyamoto   Keiko Yanagi
Koichi Ito
Production Group   Takahiro Imura  
Yoshio Nakamura
Takefumi Shiga
Sustainable Development Goals

Toyota Motor Corporation works to develop and manufacture innovative, safe and high-quality products and services that create happiness by providing mobility for all. We believe that true achievement comes from supporting our customers, partners, employees, and the communities in which we operate. Since our founding over 80 years ago in 1937, we have applied our Guiding Principles in pursuit of a safer, greener and more inclusive society. Today, as we transform into a mobility company developing connected, automated, shared and electrified technologies, we also remain true to our Guiding Principles and many of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals to help realize an ever-better world, where everyone is free to move.

SDGs Initiatives
https://global.toyota/en/sustainability/sdgs/

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