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Sayako Kuroda

1969 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sayako Kuroda is the 1,112th most popular nobleman (down from 1,003rd in 2019), the 1,089th most popular biography from Japan (down from 970th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Japanese Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Sayako Kuroda ranks 1,112 out of 1,415. Before her are Henry, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Adolf II of Holstein, Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe, Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, and Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg. After her are Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy, Kiko, Princess Akishino, Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg, Sanchia of Provence, Respendial, and Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Sayako Kuroda ranks 143. Before her are Wendi McLendon-Covey, Jonas Kaufmann, Naveen Andrews, Jakob Dylan, Beau Biden, and Stéphane Chapuisat. After her are Karen Nyberg, Donnie Wahlberg, Lisa Su, Snow, Dulce Pontes, and Richard Hammond.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Sayako Kuroda ranks 1,089 out of 6,245. Before her are Tsutomu Seki (1930), Kōtoku Shūsui (1871), Sekiryo Kaneda (1901), Miyuki Nakajima (1952), Kaoru Kakinami (1966), and Ryohei Suzuki (1949). After her are Naoji Ito (1959), Kiyonao Ichiki (1892), Kiko, Princess Akishino (1966), Kyōko Kagawa (1931), Hiromu Arakawa (1973), and Masafumi Yokoyama (1956).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Japan

Among noblemen born in Japan, Sayako Kuroda ranks 8. Before her are Naruhito (1960), Fumihito, Prince Akishino (1965), Yodo-dono (1569), Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (1887), Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (1946), and Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu (1905). After her are Kiko, Princess Akishino (1966), Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu (1911), Princess Tomohito of Mikasa (1955), Princess Mako of Akishino (1991), Aiko, Princess Toshi (2001), and Princess Kako of Akishino (1994).

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