Current and Past Chairman

(Titles at the time of appointment; honorifics omitted)

1st Chairman Jinkichi Terada

（President, Nihon Nainenki Co., Ltd.）

June 1946 – May 1947

2nd Chairman Yasushi Yuge

（President, Diesel Jidosha Co., Ltd.）

May 1947 – June 1947

Acting Chairman Fumio Niikura

（President, Daiwa Motor Transportation Co., Ltd.）

June 1947 – October 1948

3rd Chairman Giichi Murakami

（Member of the House of Councillors）

October 1948 – May 1951

4th Chairman Heitaro Inagaki

（Member of the House of Councillors）

May 1951 – July 1953

5th Chairman Giichi Murakami

（Member of the House of Councillors）

July 1953 – May 1955

6th Chairman Shinichi Hayakawa

（Member of the House of Councillors）

May 1955 – September 1959

7th Chairman Hirohiko Tembo

（Member of the House of Councillors）

September 1959 – May 1963

8th Chairman Tomio Kanemaru

（Member of the House of Councillors）

May 1963 – June 1977

9th Chairman Atsuyasu Fukuda

（Member of the House of Representatives）

June 1977 – December 1987

10th Chairman Takashi Ishihara

（Chairman, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.）

December 1987 – June 1993

11th Chairman Shoichiro Toyoda

（Chairman, Toyota Motor Corporation）

June 1993 – June 2012

12th Chairman Itaru Koeda

（Senior Advisor and Honorary Chairman, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.）

June 2012 – June 2017

13th Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada

（Chairman, Toyota Motor Corporation）

June 2017 – June 2025

14th Chairman Akio Toyoda

（Chairman, Toyota Motor Corporation）

June 2025 – Present