Announcement of Representative Director Changes andChanges of Assignment for Corporate Officer
OSAKA, JAPAN-16 October, 2014 TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD. (Akira Nobuki, President)
announces the following representative director changes and changes of assignment for corporate officer
approved at the Meeting of the Board of Directors today.
1. Reasons for Representative Director Changes
In order to strengthen management system with our group’s growth and expansion, the number ofrepresentative directors is to be increased from two (2) to three (3).
Additionally, Akira Nobuki, President, Representative Director, is scheduled to assume the office ofChairman, Representative Director for reasons of health, and Takuji Yamamoto, RepresentativeDirector, Executive Corporate Officer, is scheduled to assume the office of President, RepresentativeDirector.
2. Representative Director Changes (Effective November 1, 2014)
Name
New Position
Former Position
Akira
Nobuki
Chairman, Representative Director
President, Representative Director
TakujiYamamoto

Tetsuya
Kuze

President, Representative Director,
Group Executive Officer, Tire Business

Representative Director,
Executive Corporate Officer,
Group Executive Officer, Tire Business

Representative Director,
Executive Corporate Officer,
General Manager, Administrative Division,
General Manager, Corporate Planning Division,
Overseeing CSR Center,
Overseeing Corporate Purchasing Division

Director, Senior Corporate Officer,
General Manager, Administrative Division,
In charge of CSR Center

3. Changes of Assignment for Corporate Officer (Effective November 1, 2014)
Name
New Position
Former Position
Sadao
Ichihara
Corporate Officer,
Corporate Officer,
Deputy Group Executive Officer, DT Business
General Manager, Corporate Planning DivisionCorporate Communications Planning
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Profile of New Chairman, Representative Director
Akira Nobuki
Date of Birth:January 7, 1955
Born in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Career Summary:March 1978

Graduated from Faculty of Economics,
Osaka City University
April 1978
Joined Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
April 2007
Corporate Officer
May 2007
Corporate Officer,
General Manager, Accounting & Finance Center
April 2009
Senior Corporate Officer,
General Manager, Planning Division
June 2009
Director, Senior Corporate Officer,
General Manager, Planning Division
April 2012
Director, Executive Corporate Officer,
Group Executive Officer, Tire Business
March 2013
President, Representative Director
November 2014 Chairman, Representative Director (Plan)Profile of New President, Representative Director
Takuji Yamamoto
Date of Birth:January 20, 1957
Born in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Career Summary:March 1980

Graduated from School of Engineering Science,
Osaka University
April 1980
Joined Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
April 2010
Corporate Officer,
General Manager, Tire R&D Division
March 2013
Director, Senior Corporate Officer,
Group Executive Officer, Tire Business
July 2014
Representative Director,
Executive Corporate Officer,
Group Executive Officer, Tire Business
November 2014 President, Representative Director,
Group Executive Officer, Tire Business (Plan)Profile of New Representative Director, Executive Corporate Officer
Tetsuya Kuze
Date of Birth:

July 27, 1957
Born in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Career Summary:March 1980

Graduated from Faculty of Economics,
Wakayama University
April 1980
Joined Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
April 2009
Corporate Officer,
General Manager, Administrative Division
March 2013
Director, Senior Corporate Officer,
General Manager, Administrative Division
March 2014
Director, Senior Corporate Officer,
General Manager, Administrative Division,
In charge of CSR Center
November 2014 Representative Director,Executive Corporate Officer,
General Manager, Administrative Division,
General Manager, Corporate Planning Division,
Overseeing CSR Center,
Overseeing Corporate Purchasing Division (Plan)