Ikichi Toyoda, a farmer and carpenter living in presently Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture, in the samurai era of Japan, had two sons: Heikichi and Sakichi.
Heikichi Toyoda had a son named Eiji who became the fifth president of Toyota Motor Corporation.
Eiji Toyoda (1913-2013) died recently.
Sakichi Toyoda (1867-1930) had a son named Kiichiro who founded Toyota Motor Corporation.
Kiichiro Toyoda (1894-1952) had two sons named Shoichiro and Tatsuro.
Tatsuro Toyoda (1929-) is executive adviser of Toyota Motor.
Shoichiro Toyoda (1925-) is honorary chairman of Toyota Motor. He has a son named Akio.
Akio Toyoda (1956-) is president of Toyota Motor.
It is very interesting that the founder of Toyoda's business Sakichi Toyoda was born in 1867, the last year of the Tokugawa samurai regime.
The Toyoda family has advanced with the modern history of Japan pursuing modernization and westernization since the Meiji Restoration of the Imperial authority in 1868.
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