[1] After graduation, she was hired by Hakuhodo, an advertising firm where she worked until retirement at age 60, rising to a senior management position.
Upon her mother's encouragement, she sought out Yamaguchi Seison (1892–1988) and asked to join his haiku group when she was in university.
Her fifth haiku collection, Nikkõ Gekkõ (Sunlight, Moonlight) earned her the prestigious 2011 Dakotsu prize.
[6] Abigail Friedman, a United States diplomat based in Tokyo who attended Kuroda's haiku groups, was inspired to write a book about her experience, The Haiku Apprentice: Memoirs of Writing Poetry in Japan (2006).
Kuroda died from a brain haemorrhage on 13 March 2023, at the age of 84.