Nihon Keizai Shimbun
Kuroda's first haiku collection, "ki no isu" (The Wooden Chair) published in 1981, received the Best Modern Woman Haiku Poet award and the Haiku Poets Association Best New Talent award. Her fifth haiku collection, "Nikkõ Gekkõ" (Sunlight, Moonlight) earned her the prestigious 2011 Dakotsu prize. She is a haiku selector for the "Nihon Keizai Shimbun".