Kuroda

Kuroda (written: 黒田 lit. "black ricefield") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Aki Kuroda (黒田 アキ, born 1944), Japanese painter
• Akinobu Kuroda (黒田 明伸), Japanese historian
• Chris Kuroda, lighting designer and operator for the band Phish and Justin Bieber, among others
• Emily Kuroda (born 1952), American actress
• Fukumi Kuroda (黒田 福美, born 1956), Japanese actress
• Haruhiko Kuroda (黒田 東彦, born 1944), governor of Bank of Japan and former president of Asian Development Bank
• Haruka Kuroda (黒田 はるか, born 1977), Japanese-born English actress
• Hiroki Kuroda (黒田 博樹, born 1975), Japanese baseball player
• Iou Kuroda (黒田 硫黄, born 1971), pen name of a Japanese manga artist
• Joshua Kuroda-Grauer (born 2003), American baseball player
• Jutaro Kuroda (黒田　重太郎, 1887–1970), Japanese painter
• Kan'ichi Kuroda (黒田 寛一, 1927–2006), Japanese far-left philosopher and social theorist
• Kuroda Kanbei (黒田 官兵衛, 1546–1604), famed strategist under Toyotomi Hideyoshi
• Kuroda Nagamasa (黒田 長政, 1568–1623), Samurai, son of Kuroda Kanbei
• Kuroda Kiyotaka (黒田 清隆, 1840–1900), Japanese politician and second Prime Minister of Japan
• Momoko Kuroda (黒田杏子, born 1938), Japanese haiku poet
• Nagamichi Kuroda (黒田 長礼, 1889–1978), Japanese ornithologist
• Natsuko Kuroda (黒田 夏子, born 1937), Japanese writer
• Paul Kuroda, (1917-2001), Japanese-American nuclear scientist
• Robert T. Kuroda (1922–1944), American soldier Medal of Honor recipient
• Sayako Kuroda (黒田 清子, born 1969), child of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan
• Seiki Kuroda (黒田 清輝, 1866-1924), Japanese painter
• Sige-Yuki Kuroda (黒田 成幸, 1934–2009), linguist, inventor of the Kuroda normal form
• Shigenori Kuroda (黒田 重徳, 1887–1952), Japanese general
• Takaya Kuroda (黒田 崇矢, born 1965), Japanese voice actor
• Tatsuaki Kuroda (黒田 辰秋, 1904–1982), Japanese woodworker and lacquerware artist
• Tetsuhiro Kuroda (黒田 哲広, born 1971), Japanese professional wrestler
• Tokubei Kuroda (黒田 徳米, 1886–1987), Japanese malacologist
• Yōsuke Kuroda (黒田 洋介, born 1968), Japanese anime screenwriter

Fictional characters

• Hikari Kuroda (黒田 光), a character in the visual novel School Days