Tetsuo Hattori

Tetsuo Hattori

ToyotaDevelopment lead

Chief engineer of the Mark II and the Crown in turn, and later president of Kanto Auto Works

Timeline

  1. 1971

    Joined

    Toyota Motor Corporation

  2. 1996
    Cresta 5th generation
    Cresta 5th generation

    1996–2001Development lead

  3. 1996
    Chaser 6th generation
    Chaser 6th generation

    1996–2001Development lead

  4. 1996
    Mark II 8th generation
    Mark II 8th generation

    1996–2001Development lead

  5. 1999
    Crown 11th generation
    Crown 11th generation

    1999–2007Development lead

    Director

  6. 2003

    Managing Director

  7. 2004

    Senior Managing Director

  8. 2007

    Kanto Auto WorksDirector and Executive Vice President

  9. 2008

    Representative Director and President

  10. 2012

    Toyota Motor East JapanSenior Advisor

  11. 2015

    Japan Fine Ceramics CenterChairman

Connections

  • Takashi Yamamoto

    Takashi Yamamoto

    Subordinate

    Yamamoto worked on the eleventh- and twelfth-generation Crown, for which Hattori and Kato were the chief engineers.

Profile

Graduated from Nagoya University Graduate School, Graduate School of Engineering in 1971. Chief engineer of the eleventh-generation Crown.

Translated from Japanese sources.

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