Sayako Kuroda
, 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.
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