Takanobu Ito (伊東 孝紳, Itō Takanobu, born 29 August 1953) is a Japanese senior business executive at Honda Motor Co. (joined in 1978), who has served as the President, Chief Executive Officer and Representative Director of Honda since June 2009.^[1][2] He was appointed to the position of Chief Executive Officer in 2009 and became President of the Board in 2010.

Takanobu Ito has also been an executive of Honda R&D since 1998, appointed as President and Director of Honda R&D Co., Ltd. in April 2009.^[2][1] Previously, he had been appointed Senior Managing Director of Honda R&D in June 2001, after Director of the Company in June 2000, following the position as Executive Vice President of Honda R&D Americas, Inc. since April 1998.^[2]

He joined Honda in April 1978.^[1][2]