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May 9, 2003

Notification of Change in Directors

At the 179th regular general meeting of shareholders and the meeting following thereafter of the Board of Directors of YAMAHA CORPORATION to be held on June 26, 2003, the following changes in directors are expected to be enacted:
1. Proposed Changes in Directors and Auditors
(1) Candidates for Newly-appointed Directors
  Director Toru Hasegawa (President and Representative Director of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.)1
  Director Tokihisa Makino (Executive Officer, General Manager of Accounting & Finance Division)

(2) Outgoing Directors
    Masatada Wachi (Managing Director)
To serve as corporate adviser for YAMAHA CORPORATION
Noriyuki Egawa (Managing Director)
To serve as corporate adviser for YAMAHA CORPORATION

(3) Candidate for Promotion
  Managing Director
Hirokazu Kato (Director, General Manager of Semiconductor Division, Business Development Division Supervisor)

(4) Candidates for Newly-appointed Auditors
Auditor (adjunct)
Kunio Miura (Lawyer)2
  Auditor (adjunct) Haruhiko Wakuda (Director of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.)2

(5) Outgoing Auditors
    Shigefumi Suzuki (Adjunct Auditor)
Kimiyuki Nakamura (Adjunct Auditor)
2. Proposed Changes in Executive Officers
(1) Candidates for Newly-appointed Executive Officers
  Executive Officer
Kosuke Kamo (General Manager of Legal and Intellectual Property Division)
  Executive Officer Tsuneki Togashi (President and General Manager of Yamaha Music & Electronics(China) Co., Ltd.)
  Executive Officer Koji Niimi (General Manager of Business Development Division)
  Executive Officer Hiroo Okabe (General Manager of Band & Orchestral Instruments Division)

(2) Outgoing Executive Officer
    Tokihisa Makino (Executive Officer )

(3) Candidate for Promotion
  Senior Executive Officer
Mitsuru Umemura (Executive Officer and Senior General Manager of Musical Instruments Group)

* Positions in parentheses are current positions.
1 Toru Hasegawa is a candidate for external director in accordance with Article 188, Item 2, Paragraph 7, Subsection 2, of the Commercial Code of Japan.
2 Kunio Miura and Haruhiko Wakuda are candidates for external auditor in accordance with Article 18, Paragraph 1, of the Commercial Code of Japan regarding corporate auditors.

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