Directorate Change

Toyota Motor Corporation
06 April 2004

                                 (Translation)

To Whom It May Concern:

                                                                   April 6, 2004

                                                        TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION

                                                     1, Toyota-cho, Toyota City,

                                                        Aichi Prefecture



                           Toyota Names New Executives



Tokyo - TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION announced today executive changes, as
described below.



1. Newly Appointed Members of the Board of Directors (4 people)- Pending
approval at this year's scheduled ordinary general shareholders' meeting in June

        Name              New Title                                     Current title
Tetsuo Hattori       Senior Managing Director                         Managing Officer
Takeshi Suzuki       Senior Managing Director                         Managing Officer
Yukitoshi Funo       Director (with Senior Managing Director status)  Managing Officer
Atsushi Niimi        Director (with Senior Managing Director status)  Managing Officer



2. Retiring Directors (3 people)- To retire on the same day as this
year's scheduled ordinary general shareholders' meeting in June

      Name                                  Current title
Zenji Yasuda                            Senior Managing Director
Teruyuki Minoura                        Senior Managing Director
Shuhei Toyoda                           Director (with Senior Managing Director status)



3. New Managing Officers (13 people)- Pending approval at a board of
directors meeting following this year's scheduled ordinary general shareholders'
meeting in June

     Name                              Current title/assignment (at TMC, unless noted)
Wahei Hirai                       Seconded to Toyota Europe Design Development S.A.R.L. (ED2)
Tatehito Ueda                     General Manager, Power Train Management Engineering Div.
Takashi Shigematsu                General Manager, Integrated System Engineering Div.
Yuzo Ushiyama                     General Manager, Overseas Planning Div.
Yoshikatsu Tanaka                 General Manager, Administration Div., Kinuura Plant
Nobuyoshi Hisada                  General Manager, Production Engineering Planning Div.
Yasumori Ihara                    General Manager, Business Development Div.
Mitsuhisa Kato                    Executive Chief Engineer, TOYOTA Development Center 1
Takahiko Ijichi                   General Manager, Accounting Div.
Toshio Furutani                   Seconded to FAW Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd. (FTMS)
Tetsuo Agata                      General Manager, Production Control Div.
John Harry Conomos                Executive Chairman, Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Ltd.
Panagiotis J. Athanasopoulos      Executive Vice President and COO, Toyota Motor Marketing Europe



4. Retiring Managing Officers (4 people)- To retire on the same day as
this year's scheduled ordinary general shareholders' meeting in June
Shokichi Yasukawa, Hiroaki Yoshida, Kiyoshi Nakanishi and Hironobu Ono




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