Personnel Changes (General Manager)

December 14, 2006


Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective December 15, 2006.

	Changes in Duties of General Managers (effective December 15)

(Name)	(New job)	(Current job)

Tateo Matsumoto	Senior Manager of Overseas Market Development Operations	President of YMCIS Head of Moscow Representative Office

Kazuhiro Kuwata	President of YMCIS Head of Moscow Representative Office	Posted at YMCIS

(Major business lines of group companies)

*YMCIS (OOO Yamaha Motor CIS): Import and sales of Yamaha Motor products in Russia