Sayoka Kuroda

Acting•Born April 18, 1969 (age 57)•Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Sayoka Kuroda (Born Sayoka, The Princess Nori) is the youngest child and only daughter of the Emperor Emeritus Akihito. She is the sister of the current Emperor, Naruhito. Sayoka wed Yoshiko Kuroda in 2005. Due to the Imperial Household law of 1947, she was forced to relinquish her title. Sayoka is currently the Supreme Priestess of Ise Jingu Grand Shrine, which is the most important Shrine in the Shinto faith, and enshrines Amaterasu.