Hiroshi Okuda (奥田 碩 Okuda Hiroshi; born December 29, 1932, in Mie Prefecture), is the former chairman of the Toyota Motor Corporation^[1] from 1999 to 2006.^[2]

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He became president of Toyota in 1995 and has worked at the corporation for 50 years. In 1998, Okuda was selected as a member of the Prime Minister's Economic Strategy Council of Japan^[2] and became chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations^[3] in 1999. He has also held the position of chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association^[4] since 2000. Okuda holds a 4th dan black belt in Judo^{[citation needed]} and graduated from Hitotsubashi University^[5] in 1955.

Okuda is credited with seeing the need for hybrid cars early and pushing Toyota towards quickly bringing them to market.^[6]