Takuya Kuroda

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{{short description|Japanese jazz trumpeter and arranger (born 1980)}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Takuya Kuroda

| image = Takuya Kuroda.gif

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|2|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ashiya, Hyōgo, Japan

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| origin =

| instrument = trumpet

| genre = Jazz

| occupation = Musician, arranger

| years_active =

| label = Blue Note, Concord

| associated_acts =

| website = [http://www.takuyakuroda.com/ takuyakuroda.com]

}}

{{Nihongo|Takuya Kuroda|黒田 卓也|Kuroda Takuya|born 21 February 1980, in Ashiya, Hyōgo|lead=yes}}{{cite web |title=トランペッター 黒田卓也 |trans-title=Trumpeter Takuya Kuroda |website=Yomitime.com |date=2007-04-06 |url=https://www.yomitime.com/who/62kuroda.html |language=ja |access-date=2021-06-04}}[https://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2011/03/24/134797893/music-heals-modern-jazz-from-japan#more Information at] National Public Radio{{cite web|url=http://takuyakuroda.com/html/notepad.php?pad=2|title=Takuya Kuroda Official Website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120153018/http://takuyakuroda.com/html/notepad.php?pad=2 |access-date=28 January 2025|archive-date=20 January 2011 }}

{{cite web|url=http://takuyakuroda.com/html/about.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119074331/http://takuyakuroda.com/html/about.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-01-19|title=About|website=Takuyakuroda.com|language=en|access-date=2011-05-31}} is a Japanese jazz trumpeter and arranger.

Kuroda came to music by joining his school's big band. Later he frequently visited jam sessions in Kobe. In 2003 he moved to the United States and was a course participant at Berklee College of Music before settling in Brooklyn, New York City. He later attended the College of Performing Arts of The New School, where he studied jazz and contemporary music, earning his degree in 2006. His study colleague José James became a close friend and musical partner, in 2014 producing his studio album Rising Son.