Directors, Audit & Supervisory Board Members,and Executive Officers
As of April 1, 2014

Board of Directors
F Director

G DirectorHiroyuki SuzukiApril 1978: Joined the CompanyMay 1997: Director of PT. Yamaha Indonesia Motor Manufacturing
September 2003: Vice President of PT. Yamaha Indonesia Motor Manufacturing
January 2006: G eneral Manager of 2nd SyS, SyS Operations, MC Headquarters
January 2008: S enior General Manager of Quality Assurance Operations, MC Headquarters
March 2008: ‌Executive Officer, Senior General Manager of Quality Assurance Operations, MCHeadquarters
November 2009: Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of Manufacturing CenterMarch 2010: ‌Senior Executive Officer and Director, Chief General Manager of Manufacturing
CenterNovember 2010: ‌Senior Executive Officer and Director, Managing Director of India YamahaMotor Pvt. Ltd. (to present)

IA President and Representative Director

Hiroyuki Yanagi
April 1978: Joined the Company
April 2000: General Manager of Soude Factory, Production Control Division, MCOperations andGeneral Manager of Morimachi Factory, Production Control Division, MCOperations
April 2003: President of MBK IndustrieFebruary 2004: ‌Managing Director of Yamaha Motor India Pvt. Ltd. (currently IndiaYamaha Motor Pvt. Ltd.)
January 2006: Senior General Manager of China Business Operation
January 2007: Senior General Manager of SyS Operations, MC Headquarters
March 2007: Executive Officer, Senior General Manager of SyS Operations,
MC Headquarters
January 2009: Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of Manufacturing Center
March 2009: Senior Executive Officer, Chief General Manager of Manufacturing Center
November 2009: Senior Executive Officer, Senior General Manager of MC Business
Section,
MC Business Operations
March 2010: President, Chief Executive Officer and Representative DirectorJune 2011: Director of Yamaha Corporation (to present)
January 2012: ‌President, Chief Executive Officer and Representative Director, Chief
General Manager of Motorcycle Business Operations (to present)

C Director

Kozo Shinozaki
April 1978: Joined the Company
April 1999: Vice President of Siam Yamaha Co., Ltd. (currently Thai Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.)
April 2007: General Manager of Finance & Accounting Division
January 2009: Senior General Manager of Finance & Accounting Control, Global Corporate
Administrative Center and General Manager of Finance & Accounting
Division, Global Corporate Administrative Center
January 2010: Senior General Manager of Finance & Accounting Section and General
Manager of Finance & Accounting Division, Finance & Accounting Section
February 2010: S enior General Manager of Finance & Accounting Section
March 2010: S‌ enior Executive Officer and Director, Senior General Manager of Finance &Accounting Section
January 2011: S‌ enior Executive Officer and Director, Senior General Manager of Corporate
Planning & Finance Section and General Manager of Finance & Accounting
Division, Corporate Planning & Finance Section
February 2011: S‌ enior Executive Officer and Director, Senior General Manager of Corporate
Planning & Finance Section
January 2013: ‌Senior Executive Officer and Director, Executive General Manager ofCorporate Planning & Finance CenterMarch 2013: ‌Managing Executive Officer and Director, Chief General Manager of Corporate
Planning & Finance Center (to present)

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B Representative Director

Takaaki Kimura
April 1976: Joined the Company
June 1999: General Manager of R&D Division, AM Operations
April 2002: Senior General Manager of AM Operations
June 2003: Executive Officer, Senior General Manager of AM Operations
March 2005: Director, Senior General Manager of AM Operations
March 2007: ‌Senior Executive Officer and Director, Senior General Manager of AMOperations
January 2009: ‌Senior Executive Officer and Director, Chief General Manager ofMarine Business Operations and Executive General Manager of WVBusiness Unit, Marine Business Operations
November 2009: ‌Managing Executive Officer and Representative Director, Chief
General Manager of Marine Business Operations and Executive General
Manager of WV Business Unit, Marine Business Operations
March 2010: ‌Senior Managing Executive Officer and Representative Director, Chief
General Manager of Marine Business Operations and Executive General
Manager of WV Business Unit, Marine Business Operations
January 2011: ‌Senior Managing Executive Officer and Representative Director, Chief
General Manager of Marine Business Operations
January 2012: ‌Senior Managing Executive Officer and Representative Director, Chief
General Manager of Technology Center and Chief General Manager ofMarine Business Operations
April 2013: ‌Senior Managing Executive Officer and Representative Director, Chief General
Manager of Technology Center, Chief General Manager of Design Center, andChief General Manager of Marine Business Operations
March 2014: ‌Executive Vice President and Representative Director, Chief General
Manager of Technology Center, Chief General Manager of Design Center,and Chief General Manager of Marine Business Operations (to present)

D Director

Nobuya Hideshima
April 1978: Joined the Company
May 1999: ‌General Manager of Production Control Department, Production Control Division,
MC Operations
May 2001: ‌General Manager of GSyS Planning Department, GSyS Management Division, GEM
Center, MC Operations and General Manager of GSyS Production ControlDepartment, GSyS Management Division, GEM Center, MC Operations
April 2003: President of Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of America
January 2006: General Manager of 3rd SyS, SyS Operations, MC Headquarters
January 2008: Senior General Manager of Procurement Operations, MC Headquarters
January 2009: Executive General Manager of Procurement Center
March 2009: ‌Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of Procurement CenterMarch 2010: ‌Senior Executive Officer, Chief General Manager of Procurement CenterMarch 2011: ‌Senior Executive Officer and Director, Chief General Manager of ProcurementCenterMarch 2013: M‌ anaging Executive Officer and Director, Chief General Manager of Procurement
CenterJanuary 2014: M‌ anaging Executive Officer and Director, Chief General Manager of Engine Unit,
Chief General Manager of CS Center (to present)

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DirectorToshizumi Kato

June 1986: Joined the Company
April 2003: Vice President of IM Company
January 2005: Director and President of Yamaha Motor Australia Pty Limited
March 2007: President of IM Company
March 2008: Executive OfficerJanuary 2010: Senior‌General Manager of Sales Operations, MC Business Operations
January 2011: Director and President of Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A.
March 2012: ‌Senior Executive Officer, Director and President of Yamaha Motor Corporation,U.S.A.
March 2014: ‌Senior Executive Officer and Director, Director and President of Yamaha Motor
Corporation, U.S.A. (to present)

April 1982: Joined the Company
January 2004: Director of MBK Industrie
January 2005: General Director of Yamaha Motor Vietnam Co., Ltd.
January 2007: Director and President of Yamaha Motor Parts Manufacturing
Vietnam Co., Ltd.
January 2009: Senior General Manager of BD Manufacturing Section,Manufacturing Center
March 2010: E xecutive Officer
November 2010: C hief General Manager of Manufacturing Center
March 2011: S enior Executive Officer
April 2013: Senior‌Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of 1st Business
Unit, MC Business Operations and Chief General Manager of
Manufacturing CenterJanuary 2014: ‌Senior Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of 1st Business
Unit, MC Business Operations and Chief General Manager of PF
Model Unit
March 2014: Senior‌Executive Officer and Director, Executive General Manager of
1st Business Unit, MC Business Operations and Chief General
Manager of PF Model Unit (to present)

J Director (Outside)

K Director (Outside)

Masamitsu Sakurai

EB

DE Director

Masahiro Takizawa
April 1978: Joined the Company
April 2000: ‌General Manager of Business Planning Department, CV Operations
October 2002: ‌Senior General Manager of China Business Operations, General Managerof Business Planning Department, MC Operations and General Managerof China Business Strategy Department, China Business Operations, MCOperations
February 2004: President of MBK Industrie
July 2007: General Manager of Corporate Planning Division
January 2009: ‌Senior General Manager of Corporate Planning Control, Global Corporate
Administrative Center and General Manager of Corporate PlanningDivision, Global Corporate Administrative CenterMarch 2009: ‌Executive Officer, Senior General Manager of Corporate Planning Control,Global Corporate Administrative Center and General Manager of CorporatePlanning Division, Global Corporate Administrative Center
December 2009: ‌Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Division
March 2010: ‌Senior Executive Officer, Senior General Manager of Corporate Planning
Section and General Manager of Corporate Planning Division, Corporate
Planning Section
January 2011: ‌Senior Executive Officer, Chief General Manager of Business Development
Operations
March 2011: ‌Senior Executive Officer and Director, Chief General Manager of Business
Development Operations
March 2013: ‌Managing Executive Officer and Director, Chief General Manager ofBusiness Development Operations (to present)

Tamotsu Adachi

April 1966: Joined the Ricoh Company, Ltd.
June 1992: Director of Ricoh Company, Ltd.
June 1994: Managing Director of Ricoh Company, Ltd.
April 1996: President and Representative Director of Ricoh Company, Ltd.
June 2005: C‌ hairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ricoh Company, Ltd.
July 2006: Director of Coca-Cola West Holdings Co., Ltd. (currently Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.)
April 2007: Chairman of the Board and Representative Director of Ricoh Company, Ltd.
April 2007: Chairman of KEIZAI DOYUKAI (Japan Association of Corporate Executives)
April 2008: Chairman of the Board of Directors of The New Technology Development Foundation
June 2008: Director of OMRON CorporationMarch 2011: Director (to present)
April 2011: Chairman of the Board and Director, Chairman of Ricoh Company, Ltd.
April 2013: Executive Advisor to Ricoh Company, Ltd. (to present)
June 2013: Chairman of The New Technology Development Foundation (to present)

Takuya Nakata
A

Katsuaki Watanabe

April 1977: Joined the Company
November 2001: General Manager of North American Business Division, SCM Center, MC Operations
April 2004: General Manager of Sales & Marketing Division, RV Division, MC Operations
July 2006: General Manager of RV Sales & Marketing Division, RV Company
January 2007: G eneral Manager of Human Resources Development Division
January 2009: S enior General Manager of General Affairs Control, Global Corporate Administrative
Center and General Manager of Human Resources Development Division, Global
Corporate Administrative CenterMarch 2009: ‌Executive Officer, Senior General Manager of General Affairs Control, Global Corporate
Administrative Center and General Manager of Human Resources Development Division,
Global Corporate Administrative CenterJanuary 2010: Executive‌Officer, Senior General Manager of General Affairs Section and General
Manager of Human Resources Development Division, General Affairs Section
February 2010: Executive‌Officer, Senior General Manager of Human Resources & General Affairs
SectionMarch 2010: ‌Senior Executive Officer, Senior General Manager of Human Resources & GeneralAffairs Section
March 2012: ‌Senior Executive Officer and Director, Senior General Manager of Human Resources &General Affairs Section
March 2013: ‌Senior Executive Officer and Director, Chief General Manager of Human Resources &General Affairs Center (to present)

L Director (Outside)

CH Director

Yoshiaki Hashimoto

April 1981: Joined Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd. (currently Yamaha Corporation)
October 2005: General Manager of PA/ DMI Division of Yamaha Corporation
June 2006: Executive Officer of Yamaha Corporation
June 2009: Director & Executive Officer of Yamaha CorporationApril 2010: President of Yamaha Corporation of America
June 2010: Senior Executive Officer of Yamaha Corporation
June 2013: President and Representative Director of Yamaha Corporation (to present)
March 2014: Director (to present)

April 1977: Joined Mitsubishi Corporation
January 1988: Joined McKinsey & Company, Inc. Japan
June 1995: Partner of McKinsey & Company, Inc. Japan
March 1997: ‌Managing Director of Business Development Department, GE Capital
Japan
March 1999: President and CEO of Japan Lease Auto Co.
December 2000: President and CEO of GE Fleet Services Co.
May 2003: Managing Director and Japan Representative of Carlyle Japan LLC
June 2003: Director of Benesse Corporation (currently Benesse Holdings, Inc.)
November 2007: ‌Managing Director and Co-Representative of Carlyle Japan LLC(to present)
June 2009: ‌Director of Benesse Corporation (currently Benesse Holdings, Inc.: topresent)
March 2013: Director (to present)

MC: Motorcycle
SyS: System Supplier
AM: Automotive
WV: Water Vehicle
GEM: Global Engineering & Manufacturing
GSyS: Global System Supplier
CS: Customer Service
CV: Commuter Vehicle
SCM: Supply Chain Management
RV: Recreational Vehicle
BD: Body
PF: Platform
IM: Intelligent Machinery

Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Yutaka Kume

Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Shigeki Hirasawa

April 1978: Joined the Company
April 2000: General Manager of Finance & Accounting Division, Administrative Operations
July 2006: General Manager of Finance & Accounting Division
May 2007: President of Yamaha Motor do Brasil Ltda.
June 2010: Corporate Auditor of Yamaha Corporation
March 2011: Audit & Supervisory Board Member (to present)

December 1981: Joined the Company
July 2006: General Manager of Legal & Intellectual Property Division
February 2008: S enior Vice President of Yamaha Motor Europe N.V.
March 2011: Audit & Supervisory Board Member (to present)

Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside)
Tetsuo Kawawa

Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside)
Isao Endo

April 1975: Registered as an attorney (Tokyo Bar Association: to present)
August 2002: Member of the Corporation Law (Modernization) Subcommittee, Legislative
Council of the Ministry of Justice
September 2002: Member of the Chief of the Special Commission of the Judicial Advisory
Committee of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations (to present)
June 2007: Corporate Auditor of Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (to present)
March 2009: Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside) (to present)

April 1979: Joined the Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
October 1988: Joined Boston Consulting Group
October 1992: Joined Andersen Consulting (currently Accenture)
October 1996: Partner of Andersen Consulting (currently Accenture)
September 1997: Partner and Director of Booz Allen Hamilton (currently Booz & Company)
May 2000: Managing partner of Roland Berger Japan
April 2006: Chairman of Roland Berger Japan (to present)
April 2006: Professor, Graduate School of Commerce, Waseda University (to present)
May 2011: Director of Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd. (to present)
March 2013: Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside) (to present)

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Comments from an Outside Director

Directors, Audit & Supervisory Board Members, and Executive Officers

Executive Officers
President andChief Executive Officer
Hiroyuki Yanagi

Executive Vice President

Chief General Manager of Motorcycle BusinessOperations

Chief General Manager of Technology Center,
Chief General Manager of Design Center, andChief General Manager of Marine Business Operations

Managing Executive Officer
Kozo Shinozaki

Managing Executive Officer
Nobuya Hideshima

Managing Executive Officer
Masahiro Takizawa

Chief General Manager of Corporate Planning& Finance Center

Chief General Manager of Engine Unit,
Chief General Manager of CS Center

Chief General Manager of Business
Development Operations

Takaaki Kimura

Senior Executive OfficerHiroyuki Suzuki

Senior Executive Officer
Yoshiaki Hashimoto

Senior Executive Officer

Senior Executive Officer

Katsuaki Watanabe

Toshizumi KatoManaging Director of India Yamaha Motor
Pvt. Ltd.

Chief General Manager of Human
Resources & General Affairs Center

Executive General Manager of 1st Business Unit,
Motorcycle Business Operations and Chief
General Manager of PF Model Unit

President of Yamaha Motor
Corporation, U.S.A.

Tamotsu Adachi
Outside Director

During my year as an Outside Director of Yamaha Motor,

production processes. The other reason I see is that theI have been impressed by two things that are particularly

Company has not been able to achieve an even higher level

Senior Executive Officer
Kunihiko Miwa

Senior Executive Officer

Senior Executive Officer

Senior Executive Officer

unique and truly progressive. The first is the way Yamahaof global operations. I believe that further strengthening

Hajime Yamaji

Ryouichi Sumioka

Yoichiro Kojima

Motor uses its corporate value to provide people around theoverseas structures across the board, from planning andExecutive General Manager of 2nd Business
Unit, Motorcycle Business Operations

Chairman and Director of Yamaha Motor
Europe N. V.

Deputy Chief General Manager of Corporate
Planning & Finance Center

President of PT. Yamaha Indonesia
Motor Manufacturing and President ofPT. Yamaha Motor Manufacturing
West Javaworld with the pleasure and enjoyment of dreams. Yamaha

development to sales, and only producing products that are

Motor has been a world leader in developing many new

suited to each market, would reduce costs and also increase

ways of bringing enjoyment to customers. The second thing

the likelihood of creating hit products.

Executive Officer

Executive Officer

Executive Officer

Executive Officer

is the fact that Yamaha Motor was one of the first Japanese

The main problem is how to resolve such issues

Masato Adachi

Tsuneji Suzuki

Hiroaki Fujita

Masaru Ono

companies to set its sights on customers around the world

quickly. Leaders need to make decisions that are required for

Executive General Manager of Boat Business
Unit, Marine Business Operations

President and Representative Director ofYamaha Motor Powered Products Co., Ltd.

Deputy Chief General Manager of Business
Development Operations, Executive General
Manager of IM Business Unit, Business
Development Operations, General Manager of
Quality Assurance Division, IM Business Unit,
Business Development Operations

General Director of Yamaha Motor
Vietnam Co., Ltd.

and to become a global company. Even though there is

the Company’s continued success, even if they involve somestill room for improvement, Yamaha Motor is undeniably apain along the way, and employees need to think seriously

leading Japanese company in terms of its experience andabout the Company’s ultimate reason for existing. It is fine toability to produce and sell products globally. This ability is

enjoy making various products, but enjoyment alone will notunderpinned by extremely high levels of technical capabilities

enable the Company to survive its competition.

Executive Officer

Executive Officer

Executive OfficerExecutive Officer

Katsuhito Yamaji

Masaki Asano

Yoshitaka Noda

Masahiro Inoue

Chief General Manager of Manufacturing
CenterManaging Director of Yamaha Motor India
Sales Pvt. Ltd.

Chief General Manager of Component Control
Division, Engine Unit

Chief General Manager ofProcurement Centerand product quality.
These outstanding qualities notwithstanding, I have

Maintaining Yamaha Motor’s unique qualities means
remaining enthusiastic about creating quality products thatconcerns about the fact that these activities have notgive people joy and excitement, while also understanding thetranslated to earnings at a global standard. In particular,

importance of maintaining solid profitability. I am confident

Executive Officer

Executive Officer

Executive Officer

Executive Officer

profit margins in the main motorcycle business arethat Yamaha Motor will be an even more outstanding

Kazuhiro Kuwata

Makoto Shimamoto

Yoshihiro Hidaka

Tatsumi Ohkawa

significantly lower than at our competitors, and this must

company if everyone from senior management to factory

President of Yamaha Motor Europe N.V.

Chief General Manager of PF Model Unit
Development Control Division, PF Model Unit

Executive General Manager of 3rd Business
Unit, Motorcycle Business OperationsExecutive General Manager of ME
Business Unit, Marine Business
Operations

be improved if Yamaha Motor is to continue its outstanding

employees pays more attention to this balance.

business activities.
I believe there are two reasons for this situation.

CS: Customer Service
PF: Platform
IM: Intelligent Machinery
ME: Marine Engine

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The first is costs. It seems to me that in its drive to create
interesting, quality products, the Company has lagged
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