List of Japanese supercentenarians
These are lists of Japanese supercentenarians (people from Japan who have attained the age of at least 110 years). The Gerontology Research Group (GRG), an organization that tracks supercentenarians and validates their ages, has verified age claims for over 300 such old people from Japan. The oldest Japanese person on record was Misao Okawa who died on 1 April 2015 at the age of 117 years, 27 days.[1] The oldest verified man was Jiroemon Kimura who died on 12 June 2013 at the age of 116 years, 54 days. As of 5 December 2016, there are 21 verified living supercentenarians in Japan, the oldest of whom is Nabi Tajima, born 4 August 1900, aged 116 years, 123 days.[1]
Living Japanese supercentenarians
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Age as of 5 December 2016 | Prefecture of birth | Prefecture of residence |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nabi Tajima[1] | F | 4 August 1900 | 116 years, 123 days | Kagoshima | Kagoshima |
2 | Chiyo Miyako[1] | F | 2 May 1901 | 115 years, 217 days | (unknown) | Kanagawa |
3 | Yukie Hino[1] | F | 17 April 1902 | 114 years, 232 days | (unknown) | Niigata |
4 | Kane Tanaka[1] | F | 2 January 1903 | 113 years, 338 days | (unknown) | Fukuoka |
5 | Iso Nakamura[1] | F | 23 April 1903 | 113 years, 226 days | Ishikawa | Ishikawa |
6 | Tae Ito[1] | F | 11 July 1903 | 113 years, 147 days | (unknown) | Iwate |
7 | Shizue Nagata[1] | F | 25 July 1903 | 113 years, 133 days | (unknown) | Kumamoto |
8 | Hatsuno Goto[1] | F | 1 September 1903 | 113 years, 95 days | Niigata | Tokyo |
9 | Anonymous of Chiba[1][2] | F | 12 January 1904 | 112 years, 328 days | (unknown) | Chiba |
10 | Kuma Kobayashi[1][3][4] | F | 8 February 1904 | 112 years, 301 days | (unknown) | Aichi |
11 | Tsurue Amou[1] | F | 1 March 1904 | 112 years, 279 days | (unknown) | Tokushima |
12 | Tomoe Iwata[1] | F | 25 March 1904 | 112 years, 255 days | (unknown) | Iwate |
13 | Shin Matsushita[1] | F | 30 March 1904 | 112 years, 250 days | (unknown) | Miyagi |
14 | Yoshiyo Bessho[1] | F | 1 April 1904 | 112 years, 248 days | (unknown) | Okayama |
15 | Tsuya Hayashi[1][5] | F | 26 April 1904 | 112 years, 223 days | (unknown) | Toyama |
16 | Tane Yonekura[1] | F | 2 May 1904 | 112 years, 217 days | (unknown) | Kagoshima |
17 | Masamitsu Yoshida[1] | M | 30 May 1904 | 112 years, 189 days | Tokyo | Tokyo |
18 | Katsue Hiraishi[1] | F | 9 June 1904 | 112 years, 179 days | (unknown) | Tokushima |
19 | Hisa Arai[1] | F | 10 September 1904 | 112 years, 86 days | (unknown) | Gifu |
20 | Tetsu Ishii[1] | F | 15 September 1904 | 112 years, 81 days | (unknown) | Aomori |
21 | Kuni Onose[1] | F | 31 December 1904 | 111 years, 340 days | (unknown) | Ibaraki |
22 | Shigeyo Nakachi[6] | F | 1 February 1905 | 111 years, 308 days | (unknown) | Saga |
23 | Etsu Nishiura[7][8] | F | 19 February 1905 | 111 years, 290 days | (unknown) | Osaka |
24 | Masazou Nonaka[9] | M | 25 July 1905 | 111 years, 133 days | Hokkaidō[10] | Hokkaidō |
25 | Tsukimi Kishi[11] | F | 31 August 1905 | 111 years, 96 days | (unknown) | Tochigi |
26 | Sahae Kawabata[12] | F | 3 September 1905 | 111 years, 93 days | (unknown) | Ehime |
27 | Toichi Sasaki[13] | M | 4 September 1905 | 111 years, 92 days | (unknown) | Miyagi |
28 | Kimi Asanuma[14] | F | 3 November 1905 | 111 years, 32 days | (unknown) | Tokyo |
Mina Kitagawa[15] | F | 3 November 1905 | 111 years, 32 days | (unknown) | Shiga | |
30 | Misao Ueki[15] | F | 7 November 1905 | 111 years, 28 days | (unknown) | Shiga |
100 oldest Japanese people ever
Deceased
Living
†^ denotes age at death, or, if living, age as of 5 December 2016
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age [†] | Prefecture of birth | Prefecture of death |
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1 | Misao Okawa[1] | F | 5 March 1898 | 1 April 2015 | 117 years, 27 days | Osaka | Osaka |
2 | Tane Ikai[16] | F | 18 January 1879 | 12 July 1995 | 116 years, 175 days | Aichi | Aichi |
3 | Nabi Tajima[1] | F | 4 August 1900 | Living | 116 years, 123 days | Kagoshima | Living in Kagoshima |
4 | Jiroemon Kimura[1] | M | 19 April 1897 | 12 June 2013 | 116 years, 54 days | Kyoto | Kyoto |
5 | Chiyo Miyako[1] | F | 2 May 1901 | Living | 115 years, 217 days | (unknown) | Living in Kanagawa |
6 | Anonymous of Tokyo[1][17] | F | 15 March 1900 | 27 September 2015 | 115 years, 196 days | (unknown) | Tokyo |
7 | Koto Okubo[18] | F | 24 December 1897 | 12 January 2013 | 115 years, 19 days | Tokyo | Kanagawa |
8 | Chiyono Hasegawa[19] | F | 20 November 1896 | 2 December 2011 | 115 years, 12 days | Saga | Saga |
9 | Kama Chinen[20] | F | 10 May 1895 | 2 May 2010 | 114 years, 357 days | Okinawa | Okinawa |
10 | Kiyoko Ishiguro[1] | F | 4 March 1901 | 5 December 2015 | 114 years, 276 days | (unknown) | Kanagawa |
11 | Hide Ohira[16] | F | 15 September 1880 | 9 May 1995 | 114 years, 236 days | Wakayama | Wakayama |
12 | Yukie Hino[1] | F | 17 April 1902 | Living | 114 years, 232 days | (unknown) | Living in Niigata |
13 | Yone Minagawa[21] | F | 4 January 1893 | 13 August 2007 | 114 years, 221 days | Fukuoka | Fukuoka |
14 | Ura Koyama[16] | F | 30 August 1890 | 5 April 2005 | 114 years, 218 days | Hiroshima | Fukuoka |
15 | Mitsue Toyoda[1] | F | 15 February 1902 | 25 August 2016 | 114 years, 192 days | (unknown) | Ōita |
16 | Tase Matsunaga[16] | F | 11 May 1884 | 18 November 1998 | 114 years, 191 days | Niigata | Tokyo |
17 | Yukichi Chuganji[16] | M | 23 March 1889 | 28 September 2003 | 114 years, 189 days | Fukuoka | Fukuoka |
18 | Kame Nakamura[22] | F | 8 March 1898 | 12 September 2012 | 114 years, 188 days | Okinawa | Okinawa |
19 | Mitoyo Kawate[16] | F | 15 May 1889 | 13 November 2003 | 114 years, 182 days | Hiroshima | Hiroshima |
20 | Toshie Yorimitsu | F | 30 September 1901 | 28 February 2016 | 114 years, 151 days | Kōchi | Okinawa |
21 | Chiyo Shiraishi[16] | F | 6 August 1895 | 19 November 2009 | 114 years, 105 days | Fukushima | Ibaraki |
22 | Asa Takii[16] | F | 28 April 1884 | 31 July 1998 | 114 years, 94 days | Hiroshima | Hiroshima |
23 | Waka Shirahama[16] | F | 23 March 1878 | 16 June 1992 | 114 years, 85 days | Kagoshima | Miyazaki |
24 | Suekiku Miyanaga[16] | F | 7 April 1884 | 20 June 1998 | 114 years, 74 days | (unknown) | Kagoshima |
25 | Shige Hirooka[19] | F | 16 January 1897 | 29 March 2011 | 114 years, 72 days | (unknown) | Osaka |
26 | Hatsue Ono[22] | F | 31 October 1898 | 17 October 2012 | 113 years, 352 days | Iwate | Hokkaidō |
27 | Yasu Akino[16] | F | 1 March 1885 | 12 February 1999 | 113 years, 348 days | (unknown) | Shizuoka |
28 | Kane Tanaka[1] | F | 2 January 1903 | Living | 113 years, 338 days | (unknown) | Living in Fukuoka |
29 | Tsuneyo Toyonaga[23] | F | 21 May 1894 | 22 February 2008 | 113 years, 277 days | (unknown) | Kōchi |
30 | Tomoji Tanabe[24] | M | 18 September 1895 | 19 June 2009 | 113 years, 274 days | Miyazaki | Miyazaki |
31 | Mitsue Nagasaki[1] | F | 18 September 1899 | 17 June 2013 | 113 years, 272 days | Kumamoto | Hiroshima |
32 | Shitsu Nakano[21] | F | 1 January 1894 | 19 August 2007 | 113 years, 230 days | Fukuoka | Fukuoka |
33 | Iso Nakamura[1] | F | 23 April 1903 | Living | 113 years, 226 days | Ishikawa | Living in Ishikawa |
34 | Masa Iseri[1] | F | 19 September 1902 | 5 March 2016 | 113 years, 168 days | (unknown) | Kumamoto |
35 | Koito Furukawa[1] | F | 8 May 1901 | 11 October 2014 | 113 years, 156 days | (unknown) | Tokushima |
36 | Yoshino Tanaka[1] | F | 3 March 1900 | 30 July 2013 | 113 years, 149 days | Okinawa | Nagasaki |
37 | Terue Ashida[1] | F | 20 September 1899 | 15 February 2013 | 113 years, 148 days | Hyōgo | Hyōgo |
38 | Tae Ito[1] | F | 11 July 1903 | Living | 113 years, 147 days | (unknown) | Living in Iwate |
39 | Komiya Miyazaki[19] | F | 20 August 1897 | 4 January 2011 | 113 years, 137 days | (unknown) | Hiroshima |
40 | Shizue Nagata[1] | F | 25 July 1903 | Living | 113 years, 133 days | (unknown) | Living in Kumamoto |
41 | Mise Ito[16] | F | 6 November 1890 | 18 March 2004 | 113 years, 133 days | (unknown) | Shizuoka |
42 | Jun Kitamasu[1] | F | 2 March 1900 | 11 July 2013 | 113 years, 131 days | (unknown) | Hiroshima |
43 | Kaku Yamanaka[23] | F | 11 December 1894 | 5 April 2008 | 113 years, 116 days | Aichi | Aichi |
44 | Sue Utagawa[16] | F | 19 January 1884 | 4 May 1997 | 113 years, 105 days | Yamaguchi | Yamaguchi |
45 | Niwa Kawamoto[16] | F | 5 August 1863 | 16 November 1976 | 113 years, 103 days | (unknown) | Shiga |
46 | Tome Takaoka[22] | F | 1 January 1899 | 12 April 2012 | 113 years, 102 days | (unknown) | Ibaraki |
47 | Masayo Ito | F | 1 October 1902 | 6 January 2016 | 113 years, 97 days | (unknown) | Miyagi |
48 | Hatsuno Goto[1] | F | 1 September 1903 | Living | 113 years, 95 days | Niigata | Living in Tokyo |
49 | Kame Takamiyagi[22] | F | 10 June 1899 | 10 September 2012 | 113 years, 92 days | (unknown) | Okinawa |
50 | Chiyono Ohta[20] | F | 1 November 1896 | 25 January 2010 | 113 years, 85 days | (unknown) | Miyagi |
51 | Mie Ishiguro[16] | F | 2 June 1888 | 14 August 2001 | 113 years, 73 days | Hokkaidō | Hokkaidō |
52 | Hina Shikawatari[22] | F | 1 January 1899 | 15 February 2012 | 113 years, 45 days | (unknown) | Ishikawa |
53 | Yoshino Ide[24] | F | 1 January 1896 | 28 January 2009 | 113 years, 27 days | (unknown) | Hyōgo |
54 | Tase Hayasaka[16] | F | 1 July 1885 | 23 July 1998 | 113 years, 22 days | (unknown) | Niigata |
55 | Tane Shimada[1] | F | 25 September 1903 | 16 October 2016 | 113 years, 21 days | (unknown) | Saitama |
56 | Kou Iijima[24] | F | 25 March 1896 | 22 March 2009 | 112 years, 362 days | (unknown) | Chiba |
Kitsuyo Yamamoto[1] | F | 12 March 1902 | 9 March 2015 | 112 years, 362 days | (unknown) | Shimane | |
58 | Yaoe Koda[19] | F | 1 July 1898 | 9 June 2011 | 112 years, 343 days | (unknown) | Kōchi |
59 | Sugino Tamai[1] | F | 9 March 1902 | 14 February 2015 | 112 years, 342 days | Shiga | Hyōgo |
60 | Matsu Kayo[16] | F | 9 January 1886 | 13 December 1998 | 112 years, 338 days | Okinawa | Okinawa |
61 | Anonymous of Chiba[1] | F | 12 January 1904 | Living | 112 years, 328 days | (unknown) | Living in Chiba |
62 | Chikao Beppu[20] | F | 28 March 1897 | 17 February 2010 | 112 years, 326 days | (unknown) | Kagoshima |
63 | Toyo Endo[16] | F | 13 February 1892 | 3 January 2005 | 112 years, 325 days | (unknown) | Shizuoka |
64 | Matsuno Oikawa[16] | F | 20 February 1889 | 3 January 2002 | 112 years, 317 days | (unknown) | Iwate |
65 | Hanae Kimura[1] | F | 8 August 1901 | 16 June 2014 | 112 years, 312 days | (unknown) | Tokushima |
Yasutaro Koide[1] | M | 13 March 1903 | 19 January 2016 | 112 years, 312 days | Fukui | Aichi | |
67 | Yoki Yonehara[16] | F | 2 March 1892 | 4 January 2005 | 112 years, 308 days | (unknown) | Shimane |
68 | Hiro Nakae[19] | F | 20 October 1898 | 19 August 2011 | 112 years, 303 days | (unknown) | Hiroshima |
69 | Kuma Kobayashi[1] | F | 8 February 1904 | Living | 112 years, 301 days | (unknown) | Living in Aichi |
70 | Suma Tamagawa[19] | F | 14 March 1899 | 23 December 2011 | 112 years, 284 days | (unknown) | Iwate |
71 | Tsurue Amou[1] | F | 1 March 1904 | Living | 112 years, 279 days | (unknown) | Living in Tokushima |
72 | Yoneno Kouno[1] | F | 7 August 1902 | 24 April 2015 | 112 years, 260 days | (unknown) | Ehime |
73 | Tomoe Iwata[1] | F | 25 March 1904 | Living | 112 years, 255 days | (unknown) | Living in Iwate |
74 | Shin Matsushita[1] | F | 30 March 1904 | Living | 112 years, 250 days | (unknown) | Living in Miyagi |
75 | Yoshiyo Bessho[1] | F | 1 April 1904 | Living | 112 years, 248 days | (unknown) | Living in Okayama |
76 | Kame Higa[16] | F | 22 June 1892 | 23 February 2005 | 112 years, 246 days | Okinawa | Okinawa |
Takeno Fujita[22] | F | 1 December 1899 | 3 August 2012 | 112 years, 246 days | (unknown) | Ehime | |
78 | Ine Atarashiya[22] | F | 6 September 1899 | 8 May 2012 | 112 years, 245 days | (unknown) | Yamaguchi |
79 | Hana Shindo[1] | F | 29 October 1901 | 20 June 2014 | 112 years, 234 days | (unknown) | Saitama |
80 | Sute Sato[1] | F | 15 October 1902 | 29 May 2015 | 112 years, 226 days | (unknown) | Fukushima |
81 | Woteru Takiguchi[22] | F | 19 April 1900 | 30 November 2012 | 112 years, 225 days | (unknown) | Tokyo |
82 | Tsuya Hayashi[1] | F | 26 April 1904 | Living | 112 years, 223 days | (unknown) | Living in Toyama |
83 | Tane Yonekura[1] | F | 2 May 1904 | Living | 112 years, 217 days | (unknown) | Living in Kagoshima |
84 | Mumeno Sakurai[1] | F | 7 February 1904 | 26 August 2016 | 112 years, 201 days | (unknown) | Gunma |
85 | Usa Higa[19] | F | 21 March 1899 | 7 October 2011 | 112 years, 200 days | (unknown) | Okinawa |
86 | Denzo Ishizaki[16] | M | 20 October 1886 | 29 April 1999 | 112 years, 191 days | (unknown) | Ibaraki |
87 | Masamitsu Yoshida[1] | M | 30 May 1904 | Living | 112 years, 189 days | Tokyo | Living in Tokyo |
88 | Shizue Hasegawa[16] | F | 27 January 1885 | 31 July 1997 | 112 years, 185 days | (unknown) | Hiroshima |
89 | Katsue Hiraishi[1] | F | 9 June 1904 | Living | 112 years, 179 days | (unknown) | Living in Tokushima |
90 | Yasuno Kawamoto[1][25] | F | 15 April 1903 | 29 September 2015 | 112 years, 167 days | Okayama | Yamaguchi |
91 | Haru Shimazu[16] | F | 7 July 1892 | 14 December 2004 | 112 years, 160 days | (unknown) | Kanagawa |
92 | Sakari Momoi[1][26] | M | 5 February 1903 | 5 July 2015 | 112 years, 150 days | Fukushima | Saitama |
93 | Sawayo Tanaka[16] | F | 9 June 1891 | 1 November 2003 | 112 years, 145 days | (unknown) | Fukuoka |
94 | Natsuko Fujiwara[1] | F | 29 September 1901 | 23 January 2014 | 112 years, 116 days | (unknown) | Hiroshima |
95 | Chiyo Kowada[16] | F | 16 September 1886 | 31 December 1998 | 112 years, 106 days | (unknown) | Fukushima |
96 | Hisa Arai[1] | F | 10 September 1904 | Living | 112 years, 86 days | (unknown) | Living in Gifu |
97 | Gengan Tonaki[16] | M | 30 October 1884 | 24 January 1997 | 112 years, 86 days | Okinawa | Okinawa |
98 | Syun Suzuki[16] | F | 25 September 1892 | 17 December 2004 | 112 years, 83 days | (unknown) | Yamagata |
99 | Tetsu Ishii[1] | F | 15 September 1904 | Living | 112 years, 81 days | (unknown) | Living in Aomori |
100 | Yasu Nishiyama[16] | F | 20 August 1894 | 31 October 2006 | 112 years, 72 days | (unknown) | Kagawa |
Japanese emigrant supercentenarians
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age [†] | Prefecture of birth | Country of residence or death |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ito Konno Kinase[27] | F | 31 December 1889 | 24 January 2003 | 113 years, 24 days | Japan | United States (Hawaii) |
2 | Tameko Shijo[1] | F | 1 January 1904 | Living | 112 years, 339 days | Japan | United States (California) |
Chronological list of the oldest living person in Japan since 1992
From | To | Name | Sex | Age(s) when oldest |
Reported lifespan | Prefecture of death |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unidentified | 16 June 1992 | Waka Shirahama[28] | F | ? – 114 | 23 March 1878 – 16 June 1992 114 years, 85 days |
Miyazaki |
16 June 1992 | 12 July 1995 (3 years, 26 days) |
Tane Ikai[28] | F | 113 – 116 | 18 January 1879 – 12 July 1995 116 years, 175 days |
Aichi |
12 July 1995 | 4 May 1997 (1 year, 296 days) |
Sue Utagawa[28] | F | 111 – 113 | 19 January 1884 – 4 May 1997 113 years, 105 days |
Yamaguchi |
4 May 1997 | 20 June 1998 (1 year, 47 days) |
Suekiku Miyanaga[28] | F | 113 – 114 | 7 April 1884 – 20 June 1998 114 years, 74 days |
Kagoshima |
20 June 1998 | 31 July 1998 (41 days) |
Asa Takii[28] | F | 114 | 28 April 1884 – 31 July 1998 114 years, 94 days |
Hiroshima |
31 July 1998 | 18 November 1998 (110 days) |
Tase Matsunaga[28] | F | 114 | 11 May 1884 – 18 November 1998 114 years, 191 days |
Niigata |
18 November 1998 | 12 February 1999 (86 days) |
Yasu Akino[29] | F | 113 | 1 March 1885 – 12 February 1999 113 years, 348 days |
Shizuoka |
12 February 1999 | 29 April 1999 (76 days) |
Denzo Ishizaki[30] | M | 112 | 20 October 1886 – 29 April 1999 112 years, 191 days |
Ibaraki |
29 April 1999 | 6 August 1999 (99 days) |
Kayo Fujii[16] | F | 111 | 12 March 1888 – 6 August 1999 111 years, 147 days |
Aichi |
6 August 1999 | 14 August 2001 (2 years, 8 days) |
Mie Ishiguro[16] | F | 111 – 113 | 2 June 1888 – 14 August 2001 113 years, 73 days |
Hokkaidō |
14 August 2001 | 3 January 2002 (142 days) |
Matsuno Oikawa[16] | F | 112 | 20 February 1889 – 3 January 2002 112 years, 317 days |
Iwate |
3 January 2002 | 28 September 2003 (1 year, 268 days) |
Yukichi Chuganji[16] | M | 112 – 114 | 23 March 1889 – 28 September 2003 114 years, 189 days |
Fukuoka |
28 September 2003 | 13 November 2003 (46 days) |
Mitoyo Kawate[16] | F | 114 | 15 May 1889 – 13 November 2003 114 years, 182 days |
Hiroshima |
13 November 2003 | 5 April 2005 (1 year, 143 days) |
Ura Koyama[16] | F | 113 – 114 | 30 August 1890 – 5 April 2005 114 years, 218 days |
Fukuoka |
5 April 2005 | 13 August 2007 (2 years, 130 days) |
Yone Minagawa[16] | F | 112 – 114 | 4 January 1893 – 13 August 2007 114 years, 221 days |
Fukuoka |
13 August 2007 | 19 August 2007 (6 days) |
Shitsu Nakano[16] | F | 113 | 1 January 1894 – 19 August 2007 113 years, 230 days |
Fukuoka |
19 August 2007 | 22 February 2008 (187 days) |
Tsuneyo Toyonaga[31] | F | 113 | 21 May 1894 – 22 February 2008 113 years, 277 days |
Kōchi |
22 February 2008 | 5 April 2008 (43 days) |
Kaku Yamanaka[32] | F | 113 | 11 December 1894 – 5 April 2008 113 years, 116 days |
Aichi |
5 April 2008 | 2 May 2010 (2 years, 27 days) |
Kama Chinen[33] | F | 112 – 114 | 10 May 1895 – 2 May 2010 114 years, 357 days |
Okinawa |
2 May 2010 | 2 December 2011 (1 year, 214 days) |
Chiyono Hasegawa[34] | F | 113 – 115 | 20 November 1896 – 2 December 2011 115 years, 12 days |
Saga |
2 December 2011 | 12 June 2013 (1 year, 192 days) |
Jiroemon Kimura[35] | M | 114 – 116 | 19 April 1897 – 12 June 2013 116 years, 54 days |
Kyoto |
12 June 2013 | 1 April 2015 (1 year, 293 days) |
Misao Okawa[36] | F | 115 – 117 | 5 March 1898 – 1 April 2015 117 years, 27 days |
Osaka |
1 April 2015 | 27 September 2015 (179 days) |
Anonymous of Tokyo[37] | F | 115 | 15 March 1900 – 27 September 2015 115 years, 196 days |
Tokyo |
27 September 2015 | Present (1 year, 69 days) |
Nabi Tajima[38] | F | 115 – 116* | born 4 August 1900 age 116 years, 123 days |
Living in Kagoshima |
People
Gengan Tonaki
Gengan Tonaki (渡名喜元完 Tonaki Gengan, 30 October 1884 – 24 January 1997) was Japan's oldest living man from 28 September 1991 until his death at age 112 years, 86 days on 24 January 1997.[39] Tonaki lived in Okinawa Prefecture.[39] At the time of his death, Tonaki was the third oldest living man, behind American men Christian Mortensen and Johnson Parks.
Denzo Ishizaki
Denzo Ishizaki (石崎 伝蔵 Ishizaki Denzō, 20 October 1886 – 29 April 1999) was for a short time Japan's oldest person and the world's oldest man, from February to April 1999.[30] A former elementary school teacher and town assembly member, Ishizaki lived in Kansago, Ibaraki Prefecture, where he died of multiple organ failure on 29 April 1999 at the age of 112 years, 191 days.[40]
Tase Matsunaga
Tase Matsunaga (松永 タセ Matsunaga Tase, 11 May 1884 – 18 November 1998) was a Japanese supercentenarian. Matsunaga was born in Kiyosato in the Niigata prefecture though soon moved to Tokyo. She moved from Tokyo, where she lived with her daughter, to Mutsumien in 1983.[41] A farmer for most of her life, she was still gardening when she was 112, but she was mostly bedridden after that. On 31 July 1998, she became the oldest recognized living person in Japan. Later that same year she died, aged 114 years, 191 days, of heart failure.[42] Matsunaga was the second oldest living person in the world behind Sarah Knauss.
Ura Koyama
Ura Koyama (小山 ウラ Koyama Ura, 30 August 1890 – 5 April 2005) of Iizuka became the oldest person in Japan upon the death of Mitoyo Kawate in November 2003. On 5 April 2005, she died of pneumonia at a hospital in Iizuka. At the time of her death, Koyama was the 4th oldest person in the world, aged 114 years, 218 days. Following Koyama's death, Yone Minagawa became Japan's oldest living person.[43]
Koto Okubo
Koto Okubo (大久保 琴 Ōkubo Koto, 24 December 1897 – 12 January 2013) was a Japanese supercentenarian who, at the time of her death aged 115 years, 19 days was recognized as the oldest woman in the world and the second oldest living person behind Jiroemon Kimura.
Okubo became the oldest woman from Japan and Asia after the death of Chiyono Hasegawa on 2 December 2011. Okubo had been living in a nursing home in Kawasaki, Kanagawa with her son and died of pneumonia.[44][45][46] The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare did not announce her name officially; only her residence and age were initially released.[47]
The name of Okubo was finally reported by the Japanese press on 14 September 2012,[44] and on the same day, Okubo was verified and added to the GRG list and Guinness World Records.[35] On 17 December 2012, Dina Manfredini died, Okubo became the oldest recognized living woman. After Okubo's death, Misao Okawa became the oldest recognized living woman.[35]
See also
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