Hidesaburō_Shōda
Hidesaburō Shōda
Japanese businessman
Hidesaburō Shōda (正田 英三郎, Shōda Hidesaburō, 21 September 1903 — 18 June 1999) was a Japanese businessman.[1][2] He served as the president and later honorary chairman of Nisshin Seifun Group, the country's largest flour milling company.[3][4] He was the father of Empress Michiko and the maternal grandfather of Emperor Naruhito. He was the third son of Teiichiro Shōda , the founder of the Nisshin Seifun Group.[5] The Shōda family is prominent in both industrial and academic circles.