Employee Welfare

Human Relations Activities: Toyota Clubs

Human Relations Activities: Toyota Clubs

Club Activities at Toyota

Club Activities at Toyota

Toyota has 35 sports clubs, including representative and non-competitive clubs. Their main objectives are to promote company unity, higher motivation among employees, and better businesspeople.


Representative clubs train hard during work hours and as a result have achieved high rankings at national competitions. They also help generate company unity as other employees watch and cheer for company athletes as they compete, providing excitement in the workplace.

Members of non-competitive sports clubs engage in their respective sports while balancing those activities with work. They gain respect from their coworkers while the support they receive livens up the workplace.


Whether at a representative or non-competitive level, sports club activities also have an important role in human resources development as they teach participants to face difficult challenges through high-level training while developing competitiveness and cooperation.


Cultural clubs are also popular, as they help employees to enjoy and enrich their free time.

Club Activities

Sports clubs
Representative clubs (6), non-competitive clubs (29)
Cultural clubs
Chorus, wind ensemble, and recreation groups

Objectives

(Priority) Representative clubs
Encourage communication by promoting company unity, increasing employee motivation, and providing excitement in the workplace
Non-competitive sports clubs
Promote better businesspeople and liven up the workplace

Toyota club objectives

Toyota club objectives

Sports clubs

Representative clubs (6 clubs)
Non-competitive clubs (*representative support club) (29 clubs)
Rugby
Ice skating*
Table tennis
Mountain climbing
Baseball
Men's volleyball
Track and field
Boxing
Long-distance running
Rowing
Swimming
Karate
Men's basketball
Men's softball
Sailing
Shorinji Kempo
Women's basketball
Badminton
Japanese archery
Bowling
Women's softball
Handball
Kendo fencing
Jukendo fencing

Women's volleyball
Sumo
Archery

Rubber-ball baseball
Judo
Body building

Tennis
Weight lifting
Cheerleading

Soft tennis
Skiing

History

Year
Events
1937
Track club created in the year Toyota was established; three years later, Sports Club organized (now Toyota Sports Club Committee)
1951
All-Toyota Games commenced as a competition between Toyota Group companies (ended in 1995)
1985
Eight representative clubs selected to focus on strengthening competitiveness of Toyota teams
- Priority representative clubs: baseball, rugby, soccer, long-distance running, women's softball, men's basketball, rowing, and men's volleyball
1994
Priority representative clubs reduced to four, representative clubs reduced to two
- Priority representative clubs: baseball, rugby, long-distance running, and men's basketball
- Representative clubs: women's basketball and women's softball
1995
Last All-Toyota Games held
2002
Priority representative clubs separated from Toyota Sports Club Committee to clarify difference in position
2004
Priority representative clubs kept at four, representative clubs reduced to one
2011
Priority representative clubs changed to representative clubs;
six representative clubs named, including women's softball
- Representative clubs: 6
- Non-competitive clubs: 29 (with skating club as a representative support club)