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Also known as Kuroda Sayako, Princess Sayako, Sayako, Princess Nori, Princess Nori, Nori-no-miya Sayako Naishinnō

Japanese Shinto priestess, former ornithologist, and former imperial princess

Key facts

Born
Sayako, Princess Nori, (紀宮清子内親王) , ( 1969-04-18 ) 18 April 1969 (age 57) , Imperial Household Agency Hospital, Tokyo Imperial Palace , Chiyoda , Tokyo , Japan
Occupations
Supreme Priestess of the Ise Grand Shrine , Researcher of Tamagawa University Education Museum
Spouse
Yoshiki Kuroda ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 15 November 2005</span>"}]]}'>2005 ) ​
Parents
Akihito (father) Michiko Shōda (mother)
Relatives
Imperial House of Japan

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
Japan
Place of birth
Chiyoda
Father
Akihito
Occupation
high priest
Languages spoken
Japanese
Religion
Shinto
Academic degree
Bachelor of Letters
Field of work
ornithology
Hair colour
black hair
Image
Sayako Princess Nori 001 detail.jpg
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writing language
Japanese
date of birth
1969-04-18
Commons category
Kuroda Sayako
name in kana
くろだ さやこ
name in native language
黒田清子
honorific prefix
Imperial Highness
social classification
royalty
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Encyclopedic overview

Sayako Kuroda (黒田 清子, Kuroda Sayako; born 18 April 1969), formerly Sayako, Princess Nori (紀宮清子内親王, Nori-no-miya Sayako Naishinnō), 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 appellation "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 Article 12 of the Imperial Household Law, and received a payment of approximately US$1,000,000.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sayako Kuroda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.