Toyota

Is Toyota Chinese? No

Facts checked Ownership as of 4 September 2026

No

Toyota is Japanese. Toyota Motor Corporation of Toyota City is owned mainly through its own group companies, led by Toyota Industries at 8.28%, with no Chinese shareholder among them. It builds cars in China through two 50/50 joint ventures, FAW Toyota and GAC Toyota, but those cars are made for the Chinese market; Toyota also owns Lexus, Daihatsu and Century and holds 20% of Subaru.

Chinese holding: 0% as of 4 September 2026.

Is Toyota Chinese: the short answers

Is Toyota Chinese?
No. Toyota is Japanese. Toyota Motor Corporation of Toyota City is owned mainly through its own group companies, led by Toyota Industries at 8.28%, with no Chinese shareholder among them. It builds cars in China through two 50/50 joint ventures, FAW Toyota and GAC Toyota, but those cars are made for the Chinese market; Toyota also owns Lexus, Daihatsu and Century and holds 20% of Subaru.
How much of Toyota is Chinese-owned?
0%, as of 4 September 2026.

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