Family Tree
The descendants of Sakichi Toyoda who established Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, have long dominated the upper management of Toyota Motors, which was incorporated in 1937.
Kiichiro Toyoda, who would become the president of Toyota between 1941 and 1950; His son, Shoichiro Toyoda, was born in Nagoya on February 17, 1925.
In due course, Shoichiro Toyoda became president of the company between 1982 and 1992. His 56-year-old son, Akio Toyoda, was the chief contender for the office of president when Katsuaki Watanabe relinquished that post to become Chairman, and the expectation was confirmed in 2009.
| Sasuke | Heikichi | Asako | Sakichi | Tami | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eiji | Rizaburo | Aiko | Kiichiro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shuei | Tatsuro | Shoichiro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Akio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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