Paul M. Kuroda is a Japanese chess player.
He won the Arkansas State Championship in 1974 and 1986.
In 1976, he played on board 2 for Japan in the 22nd Chess Olympiad. He notably held a draw against Murray Chandler, who later became a grandmaster.
He won the U.S. Masters Chess Championship in 1984 with a score of 4/5 alongside Michael Brooks and Leonid Kaushansky.
He won the Japanese Chess Championship in 1985 alongside Gentaro Gonda.