Sayako Kuroda
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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
- Spouse
- Yoshiki Kuroda
- Father
- Akihito
- Mother
- Empress Michiko
- Occupation
- high priest
- Educated at
- Gakushuin University
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Religion
- Shinto
- Family
- Imperial House of Japan
- Noble title
- Imperial princess
- 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.