# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hidesaburo-shoda
# Generated: 2026-09-06T20:48:22.595Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hidesaburo-shoda"
name: "Hidesaburō Shōda"
slug: "hidesaburo-shoda"
description: "Hidesaburō Shōda  was a Japanese businessman. He served as the president and later honorary chairman of Nisshin Seifun Group, the country's largest flour milling company. He was the father of Empress Michiko, is the father in law of Emperor Akihito, and the maternal grandfather of Emperor Naruhito. He was the third son of Teiichiro Shōda, the founder of the Nisshin Seifun Group. The Shōda family is prominent in both industrial and academic circles."
tagline: "Japanese businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shoda_Hidesaburo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1903-09-21"
deathDate: "1999-06-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.37
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.167981333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dda_Hidesabur%C5%8D"
    title: "Shōda Hidesaburō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidesabur%C5%8D_Sh%C5%8Dda"
    title: "Hidesaburō Shōda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AD%A3%E7%94%B0%E8%8B%B1%E4%B8%89%E9%83%8E"
    title: "正田英三郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AD%A3%E7%94%B0%E8%8B%B1%E4%B8%89%E9%83%8E"
    title: "正田英三郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11545577"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations