Makihara Satoru

was a Japanese businessman in the period leading up to World War II.

Early career In 1922 he co-translated from German into Japanese the corporate management book Die Unternehmungsformen: mit Einschluß der Genossenschaften und der Sozialisierun by Robert Liefmann.

He was a rival of , Mitsubishi's last president before the dissolution of the zaibatsu and first president after its reconstitution.

Arrest in London Having received a scholarship from , eldest son of Mitsubishi Corporation's founder Iwasaki Yatarō, Their only child, Thanks to intervention by the Japanophile (and pro-Japanese spy) Lord Sempill and others, he was released a few days later, on Monday 5 August, due to "insufficient evidence".

Return to Japan and death Mitsubishi closed their London office in October 1940, whereupon Makihara returned to Tokyo, becoming General Manager of the company's Marine Products Division.

Family His wife and son were allowed to live in the Kokubunji villa of , eldest son of Hisaya, partly also helped by the fact that Minoru and Hikoyata's son had been friends at school.