, formerly , is a former member of the Japanese Imperial Family. She is the youngest child and only daughter of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko, and the younger sister of the current Emperor of Japan, Naruhito. She is an imperial Shinto priestess of the Ise Grand Shrine, currently serving as the Supreme Priestess.

Kuroda held the title "Nori-no-miya" (Princess Nori), until her marriage to Yoshiki Kuroda on 15 November 2005. As a result of her marriage, she gave up her imperial title and left the Japanese Imperial Family, as required by the Imperial Household Law.

Sayako Kuroda

Titles and styles

18 April 1969 – 15 November 2005: Her Imperial Highness Princess Nori

15 November 2005 – present: Mrs. Yoshiki Kuroda

References

Other websites

Hello! magazine — Article on Sayako and Yoshiki Kuroda's wedding

BBC News — The wedding takes place

The princess and the people - The Scotsman

1969 births

Living people

People from Tokyo

Japanese princes and princesses

Japanese ornithologists

Gakushuin University alumni

Scientists from Tokyo

Japanese biologists

Sayako Kuroda