Toyota Motor Corporation (TOYOTA), founded by Kiichiro Toyoda, is an automobile manufacturing company headquartered in Toyoda City, Aichi Prefecture and Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Toyoda is one of the world's top ten automotive companies and the largest automotive company in Japan, founded in 1933 as part of the Toyoda Group. Since 2008, Toyota has gradually overtaken General Motors as the world's number one car manufacturer, with its brands including Lexus, Toyota and other high, medium and low-end car series.