Takeshi Teranishi Named New Kawasaki
President as Scott Kiyama Returns to Japan
New company president to assume
position April 1st
Irvine, CA (3/30/2009) - Kawasaki
Motors Corp., U.S.A. has announced that Shigehiko
(“Scott”) Kiyama, company president
since 2006, will be succeeded in that position
by Takeshi Teranishi, effective April 1, 2009.
Kiyama has been at Kawasaki since 2002, serving
initially as director of planning, marketing and
sales.
Kiyama will return to Japan and assume a new assignment
as general manager of the Supply Chain Division,
Consumer Products and Machinery Company, Kawasaki
Heavy Industries, Ltd. (KHI).
Teranishi, who most recently headed the Sales
and Marketing Division at KHI’s Consumer
Products and Machinery Company, is an experienced
executive who has spent several years in the powersports
industry. He served in various key planning positions
while assigned to Kawasaki’s European operations.
Also fluent in French, Teranishi was first named
to head the company’s office in France,
prior to transferring to its European headquarters
in the Netherlands, where he served as general
director of the Corporate Planning Division and
the Marketing Division.
Kiyama said the incoming president will bring
a “considerable amount of consumer products
background, and he is in a good position to quickly
adapt to the market here in the U.S.”
During Kiyama’s tenure at KMC, the company
introduced several key products that have helped
it increase market share. These class-leading
models include the Kawasaki Ninja® ZX™-14
sportbike, the Jet Ski® Ultra® 250 personal
watercraft, Teryx™ brand recreation utility
vehicles, and the Concours™ 14 sport touring
motorcycle.
Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. (KMC) markets and
distributes Kawasaki motorcycles, ATVs, personal
watercraft, utility vehicles and recreation utility
vehicles through a network of more than 1,500
independent retailers, with an additional 8,000
retailers specializing in Kawasaki general purpose
engines and hand-held power products. KMC and
its affiliates employ nearly 3,650 people in the
United States, with 430 of them located at KMC's
Irvine, California headquarters.
Kawasaki’s tagline, “Let the good
times roll.™”, is recognized worldwide.
The Kawasaki brand has become synonymous with
powerful, stylish motorcycles for over four decades.
Information about Kawasaki’s complete line
of recreational products and Kawasaki affiliates
can be found on the Internet at www.kawasaki.com.
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