- Here we provide tables of our members of the board of directors, auditors, and trustees.
1. As of July 1, 2023.
2. Listed in chronological order by year of appointment and pronunciation of the name.
3. The position shown is when he or she was first appointed.
4. A "-" in the "Retired" column indicateds that the trustee is currently active.
Members of the Board of Directors
| Name | Position | Appointed | Retired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isao Amagi | Advisor to the Minister of Education/ Advisor to the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | October 15, 1974 | June 30, 2006 |
| Hanji Umehara | Advisor, Toyota Central Research & Development Laboratories, Inc. | October 15, 1974 | June 30, 1982 |
| Masamitsu Oshima | Chairman, Board of Directors, The Medical Information System Development Center | October 15, 1974 | June 30, 1998 |
| Seishi Kato | President, Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd. | October 15, 1974 | June 30, 1994 |
| Shotaro Kamiya | Chairman, Board of Directors, Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd. | October 15, 1974 | June 30, 1978 |
| Shoichi Saito | Chairman, Board of Directors, Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. | October 15, 1974 | October 30, 1981 |
| Minoru Segawa | Chairman, Board of Directors, Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. | October 15, 1974 | June 30, 1986 |
| Seimi Tominaga | Counsellor, All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. | October 15, 1974 | January 23, 1997 |
| Eiji Toyoda | President, Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. | October 15, 1974 | June 30, 1998 |
| Yujiro Hayashi | Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology | October 15, 1974 | June 30, 1988 |
| Takashi Asada | President, Research Center for Environmental Development and Design | June 17, 1976 | December 4, 1990 |
| Hidetaro Mori | Senior Managing Director, Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. | June 15, 1977 | June 30, 1988 |
| Susumu Otake | Executive Vice-President, Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd. | July 1, 1978 | June 30, 1980 |
| Sadazo Yamamoto | President, Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd. | July 1, 1980 | June 30, 1982 |
| Masaaki Noguchi | Representative Director, Toyota Central Research & Development Laboratories, Inc. | July 1, 1982 | June 30, 1986 |
| Shigenobu Yamamoto | Vice-Chairman of the Board, Toyota Motor Corp. | July 1, 1982 | June 30, 1986 |
| Hideo Kamio | Senior Advisor to the Board, Toyota Motor Corp. | July 1, 1986 | June 30, 1998 |
| Toshiro Kusaba | Chairman, Board of Directors, Mitsui Bank, Ltd. | July 1, 1986 | June 30, 1998 |
| Hideo Yamaguchi | Secretary, The Toyota Foundation | July 1, 1986 | June 30, 2004 |
| Ichiro Kato | Chancellor, Seijo Gakuen; Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo | July 1, 1988 | June 30, 2000 |
| Kiyoshi Matsumoto | Senior Advisor to the Board, Toyota Motor Corp. | July 1, 1988 | June 30, 2004 |
| Soichi Iijima | Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University and Hiroshima University | July 1, 1990 | June 30, 1998 |
| Yoneo Ishii | Professor, Sophia University; Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University | July 1, 1992 | June 30, 2006 |
| Chimaki Kurokawa | Division Manager, The Toyota Foundation | July 1, 1993 | June 30, 2002 |
| Tatsuro Toyoda | President, Toyota Motor Corp. | July 1, 1994 | June 30, 2014 |
| Masami Iwasaki | Senior Advisor to the Board, Toyota Motor Corp. | July 1, 1996 | June 30, 2014 |
| Masako Hoshino | Advisor, Kanagawa Women's Center / President, Japan NPO Center | July 1, 1996 | June 30, 2006 |
| Tsuneo Iida | Professor, Chubu University | July 1, 1998 | August 4, 2003 |
| Shosaburo Kimura | Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo | July 1, 1998 | October 17, 2006 |
| Ken'ichi Suematsu | Ex-Chairman, The Sakura Bank, Ltd. / Advisor, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. | July 1, 1998 | June 30, 2008 |
| Ryo Tatsukawa | President, Kochi University / Professor Emeritus, Ehime University | July 1, 1998 | June 30, 2006 |
| Shoichiro Toyoda | Chairman of the Board, Toyota Motor Corp. / Honorary Chairman and Member of the Board, Toyota Motor Corp. | July 1, 1998 | June 30, 2008 |
| Masamoto Yashiro | Chairman, Citicorp Japan / Chairman and CEO, Shinsei Bank, Ltd. | July 1, 1998 | June 30, 2014 |
| Hiroyuki Yoshikawa | President, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; President, The University of the Air / President, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology | July 1, 2000 | June 30, 2008 |
| Norio Kanie | Secretary, The Toyota Foundation | July 1, 2002 | September 20, 2006 |
| Hiroaki Fujii | Advisor, The Japan Foundation | July 1, 2004 | June 30, 2014 |
| Hiroshi Okuda | Chairman of the Board, Toyota Motor Corp. | July 1, 2004 July 1, 2011 |
June 30, 2006 June 30, 2016 |
| Takeshi Ryusawa | Advisor, TransArt Inc. and Heibonsha Ltd. | July 1, 2004 | June 30, 2008 |
| Atsuko Toyama | President, NewNational Theatre, Tokyo | July 1, 2006 | June 30, 2019 |
| Aiko Utsumi | Professor, Keisen University | July 1, 2006 | June 30, 2008 |
| Sang-Jung Kang | Professor, University of Tokyo | July 1, 2006 | June 30, 2008 |
| Koji Tanaka | Professor, Kyoto University | July 1, 2006 | June 30, 2008 |
| Hiroki Kato | Managing Director | September 20, 2006 | June 30, 2011 |
| Narifumi Tachimoto | Director-General, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature | July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2008 |
| Setsuho Ikehata | Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies | July 1, 2008 | December 31, 2014 |
| Ishi Hiromitsu | Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University | July 1, 2008 | August 25, 2018 |
| Akira Suehiro | Professor, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo | July 1, 2008 | June 30, 2018 |
| Makoto Nagao | Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University | July 1, 2008 | June 30, 2018 |
| Masayuki Yamauchi | Professor, Meiji University | July 1, 2008 | June 30, 2018 |
| Hiroshi Ito | Managing Director | July 1, 2011 | June 30, 2017 |
| Nobuyori Kodaira | Executive Vice-President, Toyota Motor Corp. | July 1, 2014 | ー |
| Jyunzo Shimizu | Chair of the Board, Toyota Tsusho Corporation | July 1, 2014 | June 30, 2018 |
| Shin-ich Hirano | Chair Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University | July 1, 2014 | June 30, 2018 |
| Ryuichiro Yamazaki | Special Advisor, Nara Prefecture | July 1, 2014 | June 30, 2018 |
| Akihiko Tanaka | Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo | July 1, 2016 | June 30, 2022 |
| Yu Asano | Managing Director | July 1, 2017 | June 30, 2019 |
| Jyunichi Sato | Chairman, The Japan Federation of Engineering Societies | July 1, 2018 | ー |
| Yasuhiko Sato | Operating Officer, Toyota Motor Corp. | July 1, 2018 | June 30, 2022 |
| Atsushi Seike | President, Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private School of Japan Adviser for Educational Affairs, Keio University | July 1, 2018 | ー |
| Kanetaka Hisatsune | Chairman, Toyota Dealers Association | July 1, 2018 | ー |
| Hiroshi Yoshikawa | Professor, Faculty of Economics, Rissho University | July 1, 2018 | ー |
| Masashi Haneda | Executive Director and Vice President, The University of Tokyo | July 1, 2019 | ー |
| Akihiro Yamamoto | Managing Director | October 1, 2019 | ー |
| Kumiko Bando | Former Commissioner, Consumer Affairs Agency | July 1, 2022 | ー |
Members of the Board of Auditors
| Name | Position | Appointed | Retired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shiro Onishi | Chairman, Board of Directors, Oka Gakuen | October 15, 1974 | June 30, 1980 |
| Fumio Nakamura | Partner, Itoh Audit Corp. | October 15, 1974 | June 30, 1975 |
| Susumu Nakagawa | Certified Public Accountant | July 1, 1975 | June 30, 1990 |
| Minoru Kikuchi | Chairman, Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. | July 1, 1980 | August 26, 1993 |
| Tetsu Ito | Certified Public Accountant | July 1, 1990 | June 30, 2001 |
| Ko Matsukata | President, Mitsui Marine and Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. / Senior Advisor to the Board, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd. | July 1, 1994 | November 27, 2011 |
| Kazunori Tajima | Partner, ChuoAoyama Audit Corp.; Certified Public Accountant | July 1, 2001 | June 30, 2004 |
| Hideo Yamaguch | Former Executive Director, Japan Foundation Center | July 1, 2004 | June 30, 2006 |
| Yoshio Hiramatsu | Certified Public Accountant | July 1, 2006 | June 30, 2018 |
| Takeshi Suzuki | Chairman, Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co., Ltd. | July 1, 2012 | June 30, 2018 |
| Masahide Yasuda | Audit and Supervisory Board Members, Toyota Motor Corp. | July 1, 2018 | ー |
| Fusahiro Yamamoto | Certified Public Accountant | July 1, 2018 | ー |
Members of the Board of Trustees
| Name | Position | Appointed | Retired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun Ashida | Former President, Nagoya University | December 20, 1974 | June 30, 1976 |
| Iwao Imazu | Managing Director, Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd. | December 20, 1974 | June 30, 1978 |
| Nobuhiko Ushiba | Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs | December 20, 1974 | June 30, 1982 |
| Michio Okamoto | President, University of Kyoto | December 20, 1974 | June 30, 1998 |
| Shotaro Kamiya | Chairman, Board of Directors, Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd. | December 20, 1974 | June 30, 1980 |
| Rempei Kuriyama | Auditor, Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority | December 20, 1974 | November 28, 1978 |
| Goro Koyama | Chairman, Board of Directors, Mitsui Bank, Ltd. | December 20, 1974 | June 30, 1998 |
| Binsuke Sugiura | President, Nippon Long-Term Credit Bank, Ltd. | December 20, 1974 | June 30, 1998 |
| Eiji Toyoda | President, Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. / Honorary Advisor, Toyota Motor Corp. | December 20, 1974 | June 30, 2008 |
| Shoichiro Toyoda | Executive Vice-President, Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. | December 20, 1974 July 1, 2009 |
June 30, 1998 February 14, 2023 |
| Ichiro Nakayama | Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University | December 20, 1974 | April 9, 1980 |
| Masaya Hanai | Executive Vice-President, Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. | December 20, 1974 | June 30, 1988 |
| Kentaro Hayashi | President, University of Tokyo | December 20, 1974 | June 30, 1998 |
| Yujiro Hayashi | Executive Director, The Toyota Foundation / Vice-Chairman, Institute for Future Tecnology | December 20, 1974 | June 30, 2006 |
| Susumu Hibino | Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University | December 20, 1974 | June 30, 1988 |
| Osamu Hirao | Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo | December 20, 1974 | July 4, 1995 |
| Shigeharu Matsumoto | Chairman, Board of Directors, The International House of Japan, Inc. | December 20, 1974 | January 10, 1989 |
| Hidetaro Mori | Managing Director, Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. | December 20, 1974 | June 30, 1998 |
| Akio Morita | Chairman, Board of Directors, Sony Corporation | December 20, 1974 | June 30, 1998 |
| Masamoto Yashiro | President, Esso Standard Sekiyu Kabushiki Kaisha | December 20, 1974 | June 30, 1979 |
| Sadazo Yamamoto | Executive Vice-President, Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd. | December 20, 1974 | June 30, 1982 |
| Naotaka Ishizuka | President, Nagoya University | July 1, 1976 | June 30, 1988 |
| Seishi Kato | President, Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd. | July 1, 1978 | December 13, 1995 |
| Nobuji Araki | Executive Vice-President, Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd. | July 1, 1980 | June 30, 1988 |
| Kiichi Saeki | Chairman, Nomura Research Institute | July 1, 1980 | January 14, 1998 |
| Michio Nagai | Editorial Writer, Asahi Shimbun | July 1, 1980 | June 30, 1998 |
| Takeshi Watanabe | Japanese Chairman, The Trilateral Commission | July 1, 1982 | June 30, 1998 |
| Mataji Komai | President, Toyota Technological Institute | July 1, 1984 | June 30, 1992 |
| Makoto Numata | Professor Emeritus, Chiba University | July 1, 1984 | December 30, 2001 |
| Tatsuo Hasegawa | Advisor to the Board, Toyota Motor Corp. | July 1, 1984 | June 30, 1988 |
| Hiroshi Motoaki | Professor, Waseda University / Professor Emeritus, Waseda University | July 1, 1984 | June 30, 2006 |
| Takashi Asada | Executive Director, The Toyota Foundation | July 1, 1988 | December 4, 1990 |
| Soichi Iijima | Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University and Hiroshima University | July 1, 1988 March 19, 1991 |
June 30, 1990 March 1, 2004 |
| Tsutomu Oshima | Vice-President, Toyota Motor Corp. | July 1, 1988 | July 24, 1990 |
| Kanetaka Kusunoki | Senior Advisor to the Board, Toyota Motor Corp. | July 1, 1988 | June 30, 1998 |
| Gentaro Tsuji | Senior Advisor to the Board, Toyota Motor Corp. | July 1, 1988 | June 30, 1998 |
| Yoneo Ishii | Professor, Sophia University; Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University | July 1, 1990 | June 30, 1992 |
| Yoko Nuita | Journalist | July 1, 1990 | June 30, 1994 |
| Kiyoshi Kobayashi | President, Toyota Technological Institute | July 1, 1992 | June 30, 1996 |
| Shiro Sasaki | Auditor, Toyota Central Research & Development Laboratories, Inc. / Advisor, Toyota Motor Corp. | July 1, 1996 | June 30, 2014 |
| Fujio Cho | Senior Managing Director, Toyota Motor Corp. / President, Toyota Motor Corp. | July 1, 1996 March 1, 2012 |
June 30, 2006 June 30, 2018 |
| Mitsuru Nagasawa | President, Toyota Technological Institute | July 1, 1996 | June 30, 2006 |
| Norio Ohga | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sony Corp. / Honorary Chairman, Sony Corp. | July 1, 1998 | April 23, 2011 |
| Iwao Okijima | Vice-President, Toyota Motor Corp. / Advisor, Toyota Motor Corp. | July 1, 1998 | December 22, 2012 |
| Hiroshi Okuda | President, Toyota Motor Corp. | July 1, 1998 July 1, 2006 |
June 30, 2004 June 30, 2011 |
| Shosaburo Kimura | Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo; President, The Toyota Foundation | July 1, 1998 | June 30, 2001 |
| Naohiko Kumagai | Chairman and Executive Director, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. / Senior Advisor to the Board, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. | July 1, 1998 | June 30, 2008 |
| Chimaki Kurokawa | Managing Director, The Toyota Foundation | July 1, 1998 | June 30, 2001 |
| Tatsuro Toyoda | Senior Advisor to the Board, Toyota Motor Corp. | July 1, 1998 | June 30, 2001 |
| Keiko Nakamura | Deputy Director General, JT Biohistory Research Hall / Director General, JT Biohistory Research Hall | July 1, 1998 | June 30, 2008 |
| Hiroaki Fujii | President, The Japan Foundation | July 1, 1998 July 1, 2014 |
June 30, 2004 June 30, 2018 |
| Takao Masuzawa | Chairman of the Board, Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, Ltd. | July 1, 1998 | June 30, 2000 |
| Kosuke Yamamoto | Executive Vice-President, Toyota Motor Corp. / Senior Advisor to the Board, Toyota Motor Corp. | July 1, 1998 | June 30, 2018 |
| Hiroyuki Yoshikawa | President, The University of the Air | July 1, 1998 | June 30, 2000 |
| Akihiro Wada | Executive Vice-President, Toyota Motor Corp. / Advisor, Toyota Motor Corp. | July 1, 1998 | June 30, 2008 |
| Yoshiaki Ishizawa | Professor, Sophia University | July 1, 2002 | June 30, 2018 |
| Shoh Nasu | Advisor, Tokyo Electric Power Co. | July 1, 2002 | June 30, 2004 |
| Takashi Imai | Senior Advisor, Honorary Chairman, Nippon Steel Corp. | July 1, 2004 | June 30, 2014 |
| Tsunehisa Katsumata | President, Tokyo Electric Power Co. | July 1, 2004 | March 1, 2012 |
| Nobuo Kato | President, Aichi Medical University | July 1, 2004 | June 30, 2008 |
| Iichi Shingu | Chairman of the Board, Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. | July 1, 2004 | June 30, 2018 |
| Narifumi Tachimoto | Dean, Graduate School of Global Humanics, Chubu University | July 1, 2004 | June 30, 2006 |
| Kiyoshi Matsumoto | Advisor, Toyota Motor Corp. | July 1, 2004 | March 1, 2012 |
| Koji Asaoka | Director, National Institutes for the Humanities | July 1, 2006 | June 30, 2014 |
| Akira J. Ikushima | President, Tokyo Technological Institute | July 1, 2006 | June 30, 2018 |
| Motoko Katakura | Director-General, International Research Center for Japanese Studies | July 1, 2006 | June 30, 2008 |
| Takeshi Hamashita | Professor, Ryukoku University; Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo | July 1, 2006 | June 30, 2008 |
| Katsuaki Watanabe | President, Toyota Motor Corp. | July 1, 2006 | June 30, 2018 |
| Takeshi Sasaki | President, National Land Afforestation Promotion Organization | July 1, 2008 | June 30, 2018 |
| Ken’ichi Suematsu | Advisor, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. | July 1, 2008 | June 30, 2014 |
| Shotaro Yach | Special Adviser to the Cabinet | July 1, 2008 | December 31, 2013 |
| Yoshio Ishizaka | Advisor, Tokyo Motor Corp. | March 1, 2012 | June 30, 2018 |
| Kazuo Okamoto | Chairman of the Board, Hino Motors, Ltd. | March 1, 2012 | June 30, 2018 |
| Kyoji Sasazu | President, Aichi Public University Corporation | March 1, 2012 | February 28, 2018 |
| Fujio Miterai | Chairman & CEO, Canon Inc. | March 1, 2012 | June 30, 2019 |
| Shinichi Kitaoka | President, International University of Japan | July 1, 2014 | ー |
| Nobuyuki Koga | Chairman, Nomura Holdings, Inc. | July 1, 2014 | ー |
| Toshiaki Taguchi | Advisor, Toyota Motor Corp. | July 1, 2014 | June 30, 2018 |
| Koichi Fukaya | Advisor, DENSO Corporation | July 1, 2014 | June 30, 2022 |
| Mitsuhisa Kato | Chairman, Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc. | July 1, 2018 | June 30, 2022 |
| Hiroyuki Sakaki | Managing Director, Toyota School Foundation | July 1, 2018 | ー |
| Shigeru Hayakawa | Vice Chairman, Toyota Motor Corp. | July 1, 2018 | ー |
| Shin-ichi Hirano | Chair Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University | July 1, 2018 | June 30, 2022 |
| Masanori Mitsui | Chairman, Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. | July 1, 2018 | June 30, 2022 |
| Senta Morioka | Vice Governor, Aichi Prefecture | July 1, 2018 | June 30, 2022 |
| Shinji Yazaki | President, Yazaki Corporation | July 1, 2018 | June 9, 2022 |
| Yuko Arimori | Chairman, Special Olympics Nippon | July 1, 2020 | ー |
| Kayoko Hayashi | President, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies | July 1, 2020 | ー |
| Naoko Munakata | Advisor, Dai-ichi Life Research Institute | July 1, 2020 | ー |
| Kyota Omori | Special Advisor, Mitsubishi Research Institute,Inc. | July 1, 2022 | ー |
| Kenichiro Sasae | President, The Japan Institute of International Affairs | July 1, 2022 | ー |
| Michinari Hamaguchi | Director General, Strategic Center of Biomedical Advanced Vaccine Research and Development for Preparedness and Response(SCARDA), Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development | July 1, 2022 | ー |