Director and Advisor of Honda Motor Co., Ltd

Place of Birth: Fukui, Japan

Date of Birth: November 2, 1939

Education:  Tokyo University, B. Eng., Aeronautics and Astronautics

Professional Experience:

April 1963 Joined Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

March 1977 Director, Honda R&D Co., Ltd.

May 1981 General Manager, Asaka R&D Center, Honda R&D Co., Ltd.

May 1983 Director, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Executive Vice President, Honda R&D Co., Ltd.

President, Honda Racing Corporation

March 1987 General Manager, Suzuka Factory, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

June 1988 Managing Director, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

President and Director, Honda of America Mfg., Inc.

June 1990 Senior Managing and Representative Director, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

June 1992 Executive Vice President and Representative Director,

Chief Operating Officer for Automobile Operations (Japan),

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

June 1994 President, Honda R&D Co., Ltd.
June 1998 President and Chief Executive Officer, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
June 1999  Chief Operating Officer for Regional Operations (Japan)
June 2003 Director and Advisor, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

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