Announcement of Changes of Assignment for Directors, Corporate
Officers and Others, Personnel Changes and Organizational Changes
Osaka, Japan – December 11, 2015 – TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD. (President: Takashi Shimizu),
announces the following changes of assignment for Directors, Corporate Officers and Others, Personnel
Changes and Organizational Changes.

1. Changes of Assignment for Director, Corporate Officers (Effective 1 January, 2016)
Name
KatsumiNew Position
Representative Director

Former Position

Continuing Position

Director

ChairmanTakashiGroup Executive Officer,PresidentShimizu

Tire Business

Representative Director

KomaguchiChief Risk Management
Officer
Chief Compliance Management
Officer
General Manager,
Seismic Isolation Rubber
Division
KoichiGroup Executive Officer,

General Manager,

DirectorOno

Tire Business

Tire Planning Division, Tire

Senior Corporate Officer

Deputy General Manager,

Business Group Headquarters

Overseeing Administrative

Seismic Isolation Rubber

General Manager,Divisions

Division

North America Business Unit,
Tire Business Group
Headquarters
General Manager,
Tire R&D Division, Tire BusinessGroup Headquarters

Name

New Position

Former Position

Continuing Position

Masaji

General Manager,

DirectorIshino

DT Planning Division

Senior Corporate Officer

DT Business Group

Group Executive Officer,Headquarters

DT Business

Chairman,
Wuxi-Toyo Meifeng Rubber
Products Co., Ltd.
TetsuoOverseeing DT Production Division Director

TataraSenior Corporate Officer
General Manager,
Fundamental Technology
CenterGeneral Manager,
Central Research Center
General Manager,Production Engineering
CenterOverseeing Tire ProductionDivision

Tomoshige

Chairman & CEO,Senior Corporate Officer

Mizutani

Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp

General Manager,

Chairman & CEO,

Nitto Business Unit

Nitto Tire U.S.A. Inc.

Tire Business Group

Senior Corporate Officer

Headquarters
President,
Toyo Tire Holdings ofAmericas Inc.
President,
Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp.
Yasushi

Deputy General

Chief Compliance Officer

Senior Corporate Officer

TakagiManager,

General Manager,

Seismic Isolation

Original Equipment Sales

Rubber Division

Division, Tire Business Group
Headquarters
General Manager,
O.E. Sales Planning andAdministrative Dept.,
Original Equipment SalesDivision

Name

New Position

Former Position

Tamotsu

Senior Corporate

Corporate Officer

Sakuramoto

Officer

General Manager,

General Manager,

Japan Business Unit,

Replacement Tire

Tire Business Group

Sales Division, Tire

Headquarters

Business Group

Chairman,Headquarters

Toyo Tire Japan Co., Ltd.

Continuing Position

Overseeing DT Sales
Division
Shinji

Overseeing DT

Corporate Officer

TanabeProduction Division

General Manager,
Tire Production Division,
Tire Business Group
Headquarters
Chairman,Toyo Tire Zhangjiagang
Co., Ltd.
Chairman,Toyo Tire (Zhucheng) Co.,Ltd.

Kenichi

General Manager,

Corporate Officer

Ueda

Standards Management Dept.,

General Manager,

Quality Assurance Division

Quality Assurance Division

Masao

Chief Compliance Officer

Corporate Officer

TakiwakiGeneral Manager,
Compliance & Legal Center
General Manager, Legal
Dept., Compliance &Legal Center

Ikuo

General Manager,

Corporate Officer

Ohno

Corporate Planning Division

General Manager,

General Manager,

Administrative Division

Accounting & Finance Dept.,
Administrative Division
President,
F.T.G. Co., Ltd.
Sadao
IchiharaRetired

Senior Corporate Officer
Deputy General Manager,
Seismic Isolation RubberDivision

NameTetsuya

New Position
RetiredFormer Position

Continuing Position

Corporate Officer

Kuze

General Manager,
DT Planning Division, DT
Business Group Headquarters
General Manager,
DT Strategy and Planning Dept.,DT Planning Division
Deputy General Manager,
Seismic Isolation Rubber Division

TakujiRetiredSpecial Advisor

Yamamoto

Assistant to General Manager,
Seismic Isolation Rubber Division

Kazuyuki

RetiredAdvisor(full-time)

ItoGeneral Manager,
Hyogo Manufacturing Complex,
DT Production Division
Plant General Manager,
Akashi Plant, Toyo Chemical
Industrial Products Co., Ltd.

2. New Appointment of Corporate Officers (Effective January 1, 2016)
Name
Hidefumi

New Position

Former Position

Corporate Officer

Position Continuation
President,

Uematsu

Toyo Tire Japan Co., Ltd.

Iori

Corporate Officer

Director, Senior Vice President &Suzuki

President,

General Counsel,

Toyo Tire Holdings of Americas

Toyo Tire Holdings of Americas

Inc.

Inc.

Masayuki

Corporate Officer

Deputy General Manager,

Kanai

General Manager,

Tire R&D Division,

Tire R&D Division, Tire

General Manager,

Business Group

Tire Planning & Administrative

Headquarters

Dept., Tire Business Group
Headquarters

Yukio

Corporate Officer

Deputy General Manager,

Shinozaki

General Manager,

Corporate Planning DivisionCorporate Planning Division
General Manager,
Corporate Planning Dept.,
Corporate Planning Division

Name

New Position

Former Position

TatsuoCorporate Officer

General Manager,

Mitsuhata

General Manager,

Europe Business Unit,

Tire Planning Division, Tire

Tire Business Group

Business Group

Headquarters

Headquarters

President,

General Manager,

Toyo Tire Europe GmbH

Tire Overseas Sales

President,

Planning Dept.,

Toyo Tire Deutschland GmbH

Tire Planning Division

President,

Chairman,Toyo Tire Benelux B.V.

Continuing Position

Toyo Tire (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd.

3. Personnel Changes (Effective January 1, 2016)
Name

New Position

Former Position

Yasufumi

General Manager,

Tire Planning and Administrative

HigashiraTire Planning andDept.

Continuing Position

Administrative Dept.
Akio

General Manager,

HiranoTire Logistic Dept.,

General Manager,
Information System Dept.,

Tire Planning DivisionCorporate Planning Division

Yasushi

General Manager,

Japan Business Unit,

Minamitani

R.E. Tire Planning andTire Business Group

Administration Dept.

Headquarters

Takao

General Manager,

General Manager,

Fukui

Standards Management

Tire Technical Service Dept.

Dept., Quality Assurance
Division
MasatoGeneral Manager,

Tire Technical Service Dept.

Furukawa

Tire Technical Service Dept.

Mitsunobu

General Manager,

General Manager,

Kohno

DT Strategy and Planning

Corporate Planning Dept.,

Dept., DT Planning DivisionCorporate Planning Division

MasatoPlant General Manager,

General Manager,Watanabe

Kuwana Plant, DT

DT Production Division

Production Division

Name

New Position

Former Position

Continuing Position

Satoshi

General Manager,

Plant General Manager,President,

Jokei

Hyogo Manufacturing

Kuwana Plant, DT Production

Ayabe Toyo Rubber Co.,

Complex, DT Production

Division

Ltd.

Division
Plant General Manager,
Akashi Plant, Toyo
Chemical Industrial
Products Co., Ltd.
Tsuyoshi

General Manager,

Sasamoto

Human Resources Planning

Corporate Planning Division

Dept., Corporate Planning
Division
Masayuki
KabuneGeneral Manager,

Accounting & Finance Dept.

Accounting & Finance

Administrative Division

Dept.,
Administrative Division
Yukinori

General Manager,

Deputy General Manager,

Morikawa

Information Systems Dept.,

Information Systems Dept.,

Corporate Planning DivisionCorporate Planning Division

4. Personnel Changes of Subsidiary Companies (Effective January 1, 2016)
Name

New Position

Former Position

Shoji

President,

General Manager,

Hirao

Toyo Tire (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Tire Sales Planning Dept.,

Continuing Position

Tire Planning Division
RoyPresident

Chief Operating Officer,

Bromfield

Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp.

Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp.

Kenta

President,

President,

Toyo Tire Europe GmbH

Toyo Tire Rus LLC

Kuribayashi

President,
Toyo Tire Deutschland GmbH
StevenPresident,

Sales DirectorLaurijssen

Toyo Tire Benelux B.V.

Toyo Tire Benelux B.V.

5. Organizational Changes (Effective January 1, 2016)
Organization changes in Tire Business Group Headquarters are as follows.

1) 6 Business units of Japan, North America, China, Asia Oceania, Europe and Nitto are dissolved.
2) Tire Business Planning Dept. is renamed Tire Overseas Sales Planning Dept.
3) Replacement Tire Sales Division is newly established, and R.E. Tire Planning and Administration
Dept. is established under Replacement Tire Sales Division.
Organization changes in Corporate are as follows.

A) Human Resources Planning Dept. is newly established under Corporate Planning Division.
B) Information Systems Planning Dept. is transferred to Administrative Division.

Corporate Communications Planning Dept.
Osaka Head office
Tokyo Branch officeTelephone: +81-6-6441-8803 Facsimile: +81-6-6446-1925
Telephone: +81-3-5822-6621 Facsimile: +81-3-3865-2240