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.
- Executives
- Resigning Executive
| Name | Current | |
|---|---|---|
| Kazuaki Shingo | Operating Officer | |
- Operating Officers' Areas of Responsibility
| Name | Current | New | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koji Sato | President Chief Executive Officer |
President Chief Executive Officer |
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| Hiroki Nakajima | Executive Vice President Chief Technology Officer |
Executive Vice President Chief Technology Officer |
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| Yoichi Miyazaki | Executive Vice President | Executive Vice President | |
| Takahiro Imura | Operating Officer Production Group (Chief Officer) |
Operating Officer Production Group (Chief Officer) |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Simon Humphries | Operating Officer Chief Branding Officer |
Operating Officer Chief Branding Officer |
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| 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 |
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- Senior Professionals/Senior Management Employees
- 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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. |
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- Organizational Structures as of January 1, 2026
| 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 | |
| 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) |
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| 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 | ― | ||
| 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 |
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| 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 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Production Group | Takahiro Imura | ♦ |
Yoshio Nakamura Takefumi Shiga |
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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/
