diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/internal/turbomodule/core/TurboModuleManager.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/internal/turbomodule/core/TurboModuleManager.kt
index b7ae3fed8af..71ebba6e7cb 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/internal/turbomodule/core/TurboModuleManager.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/internal/turbomodule/core/TurboModuleManager.kt
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class TurboModuleManager(
 
     installJSIBindings(shouldEnableLegacyModuleInterop())
 
-    eagerInitModuleNames = delegate?.eagerInitModuleNames ?: emptyList()
+    eagerInitModuleNames = delegate?.getEagerInitModuleNames() ?: emptyList()
 
     val nullProvider: ModuleProvider = ModuleProvider { _: String -> null }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/internal/turbomodule/core/TurboModuleManagerDelegate.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/internal/turbomodule/core/TurboModuleManagerDelegate.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 2fd89a4d85b..00000000000
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/internal/turbomodule/core/TurboModuleManagerDelegate.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- */
-
-package com.facebook.react.internal.turbomodule.core;
-
-import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
-import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Nullsafe;
-import com.facebook.jni.HybridData;
-import com.facebook.proguard.annotations.DoNotStrip;
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.NativeModule;
-import com.facebook.react.turbomodule.core.interfaces.TurboModule;
-import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.List;
-
-@Nullsafe(Nullsafe.Mode.LOCAL)
-public abstract class TurboModuleManagerDelegate {
-  @DoNotStrip
-  @SuppressWarnings("unused")
-  private final HybridData mHybridData;
-
-  static {
-    SoLoader.loadLibrary("turbomodulejsijni");
-  }
-
-  protected abstract HybridData initHybrid();
-
-  protected TurboModuleManagerDelegate() {
-    maybeLoadOtherSoLibraries();
-    mHybridData = initHybrid();
-  }
-
-  protected TurboModuleManagerDelegate(HybridData hybridData) {
-    maybeLoadOtherSoLibraries();
-    mHybridData = hybridData;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Create and return a TurboModule Java object with name `moduleName`. If `moduleName` isn't a
-   * TurboModule, return null.
-   */
-  @Nullable
-  public abstract TurboModule getModule(String moduleName);
-
-  public abstract boolean unstable_isModuleRegistered(String moduleName);
-
-  /**
-   * Create an return a legacy NativeModule with name `moduleName`. If `moduleName` is a
-   * TurboModule, return null.
-   */
-  @Nullable
-  public NativeModule getLegacyModule(String moduleName) {
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  public boolean unstable_isLegacyModuleRegistered(String moduleName) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  ;
-
-  public List<String> getEagerInitModuleNames() {
-    return Collections.emptyList();
-  }
-
-  /** Can the TurboModule system create legacy modules? */
-  public boolean unstable_shouldEnableLegacyModuleInterop() {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  // TODO(T171231381): Consider removing this method: could we just use the static initializer
-  // of derived classes instead?
-  protected synchronized void maybeLoadOtherSoLibraries() {}
-}
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/internal/turbomodule/core/TurboModuleManagerDelegate.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/internal/turbomodule/core/TurboModuleManagerDelegate.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d9eb6ca616c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/internal/turbomodule/core/TurboModuleManagerDelegate.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.react.internal.turbomodule.core
+
+import com.facebook.jni.HybridData
+import com.facebook.proguard.annotations.DoNotStrip
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.NativeModule
+import com.facebook.react.turbomodule.core.interfaces.TurboModule
+import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader
+
+public abstract class TurboModuleManagerDelegate {
+
+  // NOTE: This *must* be called "mHybridData"
+  @DoNotStrip @Suppress("unused", "NoHungarianNotation") private val mHybridData: HybridData
+
+  protected abstract fun initHybrid(): HybridData
+
+  protected constructor() {
+    maybeLoadOtherSoLibraries()
+    mHybridData = initHybrid()
+  }
+
+  protected constructor(hybridData: HybridData) {
+    maybeLoadOtherSoLibraries()
+    this.mHybridData = hybridData
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create and return a TurboModule Java object with name `moduleName`. If `moduleName` isn't a
+   * TurboModule, return null.
+   */
+  public abstract fun getModule(moduleName: String?): TurboModule?
+
+  public abstract fun unstable_isModuleRegistered(moduleName: String?): Boolean
+
+  /**
+   * Create an return a legacy NativeModule with name `moduleName`. If `moduleName` is a
+   * TurboModule, return null.
+   */
+  public open fun getLegacyModule(moduleName: String?): NativeModule? = null
+
+  public open fun unstable_isLegacyModuleRegistered(moduleName: String?): Boolean = false
+
+  public open fun getEagerInitModuleNames(): List<String> = emptyList()
+
+  /** Can the TurboModule system create legacy modules? */
+  public open fun unstable_shouldEnableLegacyModuleInterop(): Boolean = false
+
+  // TODO(T171231381): Consider removing this method: could we just use the static initializer
+  // of derived classes instead?
+  @Synchronized protected fun maybeLoadOtherSoLibraries(): Unit = Unit
+
+  private companion object {
+    init {
+      SoLoader.loadLibrary("turbomodulejsijni")
+    }
+  }
+}