Takuya Kuroda is a jazz musician, trumpeter and arranger from Ashiya, Hyōgo. The Japanese star has released the studio album titles Bitter and High (2010), Edge (2011), Six Aces (2013), Rising Son (2014), Zigzagger (2016), Fly Moon Die Soon (2020) and Midnight Crisp (2022). Kuroda also produced his colleague José James’ album Rising Son.