Hiroya Fujita
ToyotaDevelopment lead
Development lead of the tenth- and 11th-generation Corollas, who spent more than half his working life with the Corolla
Timeline
- 1980
Joined
Toyota Motor Corporation
- 2006
Corolla 10th generation2006–2020Development lead
Worked with
- Shinichi YasuiDevelopment lead
- Soichiro OkudairaDevelopment lead
- 2012
The best Corolla for Japanese customers
The 11th generation was made a Japan-only model and focused on building the best Corolla for Japanese customers. Sharing the Aqua's hybrid unit allowed a hybrid to be added without compromising the cargo space, and visibility and controls could be tuned to suit Japanese body sizes.
- 2015
Toyota Motor East JapanExecutive Officer
Connections
Hiroya Fujita
Profile
Development lead (chief engineer) for the tenth- and eleventh-generation Corolla.
Translated from Japanese sources.
Toyota engineers
- Makoto ArimotoLand Cruiser
- Shinichi YasuiCorolla
- Yasuhiro SakakibaraCynos / Corolla
Satoshi OgisoPrius / Aqua- Hirofumi YamamotoYaris
- Shigeki TerashiCrown
- Akihiko OtsukaPrius
- Kiyokatsu MiuraHiace / Ractis