Directorate Change

Toyota Motor Corporation
11 April 2005

                                 (Translation)

To Whom It May Concern:

                                                                  April 11, 2005

                         Company Name:
                              TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
                         Name and Title of Representative:
                              Fujio Cho, President
                         (Code Number: 7203
                              Securities exchanges throughout Japan)
                         Name and Title of Contact Person:
                              Masaki Nakatsugawa
                              General Manager, Accounting Division
                              Telephone Number: 0565-28-2121


                            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:

     Name                Current title/assignment (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)
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
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
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


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