Awards & Recognition
★Autocar's Man of the Year (2012)
★SAE Foundation Industry Leadership Award (2025)
★L'ordre national de la Légion d'honneur, Officier, France (2013)
★Medal with Blue Ribbon, Japan (2017)
★Automotive Hall of Fame inductee (for company founder recognition)
Notable Facts
→Chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation, world's largest automaker
→Grandson of Toyota founder Kiichiro Toyoda
→Led Toyota as CEO/President from 2009-2023, now Chairman since April 2023
→Races professionally under pseudonym 'Morizo Kinoshita'
→Has 283K Instagram followers (@akiotoyoda_official)
→Testified before U.S. Congress during major Toyota recalls crisis
→Oversaw Toyota's record 4.9 trillion yen profit in 2023
→Active in promoting multi-pathway approach to carbon neutrality