Akiyama Makuro

Akiyama Makuro is the founder and chairman of Hero Factory and Makuro Industries.

Biography
Akiyama Makuro is the oldest known robot in the galaxy. Recognizing the growing amount of evil in the universe, Makuro created Hero Factory, a corporation dedicated to creating Heroes to protect the galaxy. He personally oversaw the creation of every Hero starting with Thresher and the Alpha 1 Team. Makuro witnesses the creation of every single hero. At Preston Stormer's creation, Makuro felt he was going to be a special hero, and was correct as Stormer became leader of Alpha 1 after Thresher. Makuro, Thresher, and his main employee at Hero Factory Nathaniel Zib investigated a crash of a shipment of XT4 robots at Makuro Industries. While this happened Hero Factory suffered a massive failure at an Asteroid J-54 break-in and Makuro responded to bad-press by shutting down Hero Factory and turning it into a deep space research station. However, after the Legion of Darkness was defeated by Alpha 1, Makuro reopened the Hero Factory Over time, built Hero Factory into a symbol of safety across the galaxy. He also created the secretive Hero Recon Team, in order to have a division devoted to understanding criminal behavior, and selected Merrick Fortis to lead it. One time Zib's security system accidentally shot down Makuro's ship, and though it was unharmed Zib dismantled the system.

Makuro also witnessed the creation of hero William Furno and assumed he would he would be exceptional like Stormer and revealed it to Zib after the Merak 9 mission. Several months later, he revealed the Upgrade and that he planned to roll it out to all the heroes in two to three months. However, due to the Alpha Team's failure to stop the Fire Villains at Tanker Station 22, they were forced to quickly calibrate the Assembly Tower for the upgrade and they successfully stopped the Fire Villains.

Makuro was not present at Hero Factory during the Breakout, but returned during Mission: Catch 'Em and Cuff 'Em. Zib explained that Black Phantom had sent the plans for Hero Factory to an unknown destination and Makuro explained the Hero building process could be replicated for unknown purposes.

Trivia

 * Makuro locks his door with a puzzle to create an 'H' for Hero Factory.