Kuroda is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:Aki Kuroda , 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, American actress Fukumi Kuroda , Japanese actress Haruhiko Kuroda , governor of Bank of Japan and former president of Asian Development Bank Haruka Kuroda , Japanese-born English actress Hiroki Kuroda , Japanese baseball player Iou Kuroda , pen name of a Japanese manga artist Jutaro Kuroda , Japanese painter Kuroda Kanbei , famed strategist under Toyotomi Hideyoshi Kuroda Nagamasa , Samurai, son of Kuroda Kanbei Kuroda Kiyotaka , Japanese politician and second Prime Minister of Japan Momoko Kuroda , Japanese haiku poet Nagamichi Kuroda , Japanese ornithologist Natsuko Kuroda , Japanese writer Paul Kuroda, (1917-2001), Japanese-American nuclear scientist Robert T. Kuroda (1922–1944), American soldier Medal of Honor recipient Sige-Yuki Kuroda , linguist, inventor of the Kuroda normal form Sayako Kuroda , child of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan Shigenori Kuroda , Japanese general Tatsuaki Kuroda , Japanese woodworker and lacquerware artist Tetsuhiro Kuroda , Japanese professional wrestler Tokubei Kuroda , Japanese malacologist Yōsuke Kuroda , Japanese anime screenwriter