List of Japanese supercentenarians

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Chiyono Hasegawa (1896–2011), a resident of Saga, was one of hundreds of Japanese women to have lived past 110 years. She is pictured here in September 2010. She was the oldest person in Japan and second oldest in the world, dying at 115 years, 12 days.

Japanese supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from Japan who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. As of January 2015, the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of 264 Japanese supercentenarians, most of them women.[1] The oldest person in Japan, and also in the world, currently alive is Kane Tanaka, born 2 January 1903, age 116 years, 40 days.[2][2] The oldest Japanese person on record was Nabi Tajima, who died on 21 April 2018 aged 117 years, 260 days.[3] Japan was also home to the world's oldest man ever, Jiroemon Kimura, who lived 116 years and 54 days.[4]

Living Japanese supercentenarians[edit]

Name Sex Birth date Age as of
11 February 2019
Prefecture of birth Prefecture of residence
01 Kane Tanaka[5] F 2 January 1903 116 years, 40 days Fukuoka[6] Fukuoka
02 Shin Matsushita[5] F 30 March 1904 114 years, 318 days (unknown) Miyagi
03 Shigeyo Nakachi[5] F 1 February 1905 114 years, 10 days (unknown) Saga
04 Haruno Yamashita[5] F 19 February 1905 113 years, 357 days (unknown) Fukuoka
05 Kame Ganeko[5] F 10 April 1905 113 years, 307 days (unknown) Okinawa
06 Osugi Sogo[5] F 13 August 1905 113 years, 182 days (unknown) Ehime
07 Tsukimi Kishi[5] F 31 August 1905 113 years, 164 days (unknown) Tochigi
08 Kura Bingo[5] F 20 October 1905 113 years, 114 days (unknown) Nara
09 Kimi Asanuma[5] F 3 November 1905 113 years, 100 days (unknown) Tokyo
Mina Kitagawa[5] F 3 November 1905 113 years, 100 days (unknown) Shiga
11 Misao Uemura[5] F 7 November 1905 113 years, 96 days (unknown) Shiga
12 Maki Miura[5] F 25 July 1906 112 years, 201 days (unknown) Miyagi
13 Motome Hirata[5] F 12 August 1906 112 years, 183 days (unknown) Chiba
14 Tari Chiba[7] F 19 January 1907 112 years, 23 days (unknown) Hokkaidō
Hama Yasukawa[8] F 19 January 1907 112 years, 23 days (unknown) Hyōgo
16 Sumie Yabune[9] F 5 February 1907 112 years, 6 days (unknown) Wakayama
17 Kikue Tanaka[10] F 25 February 1907 111 years, 351 days (unknown) Kagoshima
18 Masae Uchiyama[11] F 27 February 1907 111 years, 349 days (unknown) Nagasaki
19 Chitetsu Watanabe[12] M 5 March 1907 111 years, 343 days Niigata[13] Niigata
20 Hide Kittaka[14] F 8 March 1907 111 years, 340 days (unknown) Yamaguchi
21 Tame Yamaguchi[15] F 20 March 1907 111 years, 328 days (unknown) Miyazaki
22 Kano Ebara[16][17] F 30 March 1907 111 years, 318 days (unknown) Okayama
23 Katsuko Nakajima[18] F 8 April 1907 111 years, 309 days (unknown) Osaka
24 Yoshikazu Yamashita[19] M 10 April 1907 111 years, 307 days (unknown) Hiroshima
25 Fusa Tatsumi[20] F 25 April 1907 111 years, 292 days (unknown) Osaka
26 Henry Tseng[21] M 12 July 1907 111 years, 214 days Kanagawa United States (California)
27 Tome Sanwa[22] F 22 August 1907 111 years, 173 days (unknown) Mie
28 Chiyako Iwamoto[15] F 20 November 1907 111 years, 83 days (unknown) Miyazaki
29 Fumio Rikiishi[23] M 25 November 1907 111 years, 78 days (unknown) Hokkaidō
30 Hatsue Tachikawa[24] F 10 December 1907 111 years, 63 days (unknown) Shizuoka
31 Miyo Hatakeyama[25] F 4 March 1908 110 years, 344 days (unknown) Akita
32 Zenson Nakahodo[26] M 8 May 1908 110 years, 279 days Okinawa Peru
33 Kamado Tsuha[27] M 10 June 1908 110 years, 246 days (unknown) Okinawa

100 oldest Japanese people ever[edit]

  Deceased   Living
Unranked entries have not yet been validated by the GRG.
^ denotes age at death, or, if living, age as of 11 February 2019

Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age [†] Prefecture of birth Prefecture of death
or residence
01 Nabi Tajima[2] F 4 August 1900 21 April 2018 117 years, 260 days Kagoshima Kagoshima
02 Chiyo Miyako[2] F 2 May 1901 22 July 2018 117 years, 81 days Wakayama Kanagawa
03 Misao Okawa[2] F 5 March 1898 1 April 2015 117 years, 27 days Osaka Osaka
04 Tane Ikai[28] F 18 January 1879 12 July 1995 116 years, 175 days Aichi Aichi
05 Jiroemon Kimura[1] M 19 April 1897 12 June 2013 116 years, 54 days Kyoto Kyoto
06 Kane Tanaka[5] F 2 January 1903 Living 116 years, 40 days Fukuoka Fukuoka
07 Shimoe Akiyama[5] F 19 May 1903 29 January 2019 115 years, 255 days (unknown) Aichi
08 Anonymous of Tokyo[2] F 15 March 1900 27 September 2015 115 years, 196 days (unknown) Tokyo
09 Koto Okubo[1][29] F 24 December 1897 12 January 2013 115 years, 19 days Tokyo Kanagawa
10 Chiyono Hasegawa[30] F 20 November 1896 2 December 2011 115 years, 12 days Saga Saga
11 Kama Chinen[31] F 10 May 1895 2 May 2010 114 years, 357 days Okinawa Okinawa
12 Shin Matsushita[5] F 30 March 1904 Living 114 years, 318 days (unknown) Miyagi
13 Kiyoko Ishiguro[2] F 4 March 1901 5 December 2015 114 years, 276 days (unknown) Kanagawa
14 Yukie Hino[2] F 17 April 1902 13 January 2017 114 years, 271 days (unknown) Niigata
15 Hide Ohira[28] F 15 September 1880 9 May 1995 114 years, 236 days Wakayama Wakayama
16 Yone Minagawa[32] F 4 January 1893 13 August 2007 114 years, 221 days Fukuoka Fukuoka
17 Ura Koyama[28] F 30 August 1890 5 April 2005 114 years, 218 days Hiroshima Fukuoka
18 Iso Nakamura[2] F 23 April 1903 23 November 2017 114 years, 214 days Ishikawa Ishikawa
19 Mitsue Toyoda[2] F 15 February 1902 25 August 2016 114 years, 192 days (unknown) Ōita
20 Tase Matsunaga[28] F 11 May 1884 18 November 1998 114 years, 191 days Niigata Tokyo
21 Yukichi Chuganji[28] M 23 March 1889 28 September 2003 114 years, 189 days Fukuoka Fukuoka
22 Kame Nakamura[33] F 8 March 1898 12 September 2012 114 years, 188 days Okinawa Okinawa
23 Mitoyo Kawate[28] F 15 May 1889 13 November 2003 114 years, 182 days Hiroshima Hiroshima
24 Toshie Yorimitsu[2] F 30 September 1901 28 February 2016 114 years, 151 days Kōchi Okinawa
25 Tae Ito[2] F 11 July 1903 13 November 2017 114 years, 125 days (unknown) Iwate
26 Chiyo Shiraishi[34] F 6 August 1895 19 November 2009 114 years, 105 days Fukushima Ibaraki
27 Asa Takii[28] F 28 April 1884 31 July 1998 114 years, 94 days Hiroshima Hiroshima
28 Waka Shirahama[28] F 23 March 1878 16 June 1992 114 years, 85 days Kagoshima Miyazaki
29 Suekiku Miyanaga[28] F 7 April 1884 20 June 1998 114 years, 74 days (unknown) Kagoshima
30 Shige Hirooka[30] F 16 January 1897 29 March 2011 114 years, 72 days (unknown) Osaka
31 Tomoe Iwata[2] F 25 March 1904 13 April 2018 114 years, 19 days (unknown) Iwate
32 Tane Yonekura[2] F 2 May 1904 19 May 2018 114 years, 17 days (unknown) Kagoshima
33 Shigeyo Nakachi[5] F 1 February 1905 Living 114 years, 10 days (unknown) Saga
34 Yoshiyo Bessho[2] F 1 April 1904 8 April 2018 114 years, 7 days (unknown) Okayama
35 Haruno Yamashita[5] F 19 February 1905 Living 113 years, 357 days (unknown) Fukuoka
36 Hatsue Ono[33] F 31 October 1898 17 October 2012 113 years, 352 days Iwate Hokkaidō
37 Yasu Akino[28] F 1 March 1885 12 February 1999 113 years, 348 days (unknown) Shizuoka
38 Kame Ganeko[5] F 10 April 1905 Living 113 years, 307 days (unknown) Okinawa
39 Tsuneyo Toyonaga[35] F 21 May 1894 22 February 2008 113 years, 277 days (unknown) Kōchi
40 Tomoji Tanabe[34] M 18 September 1895 19 June 2009 113 years, 274 days Miyazaki Miyazaki
41 Mitsue Nagasaki[1] F 18 September 1899 17 June 2013 113 years, 272 days Kumamoto Hiroshima
42 Shizue Nagata[2] F 25 July 1903 12 April 2017 113 years, 261 days (unknown) Kumamoto
Teru Oshiro[36] F 10 May 1904 26 January 2018 113 years, 261 days (unknown) Okinawa
43 Hatsuno Goto[2] F 1 September 1903 15 May 2017 113 years, 256 days (unknown) Tokyo
44 Tsurue Amou[2] F 1 March 1904 6 November 2017 113 years, 250 days (unknown) Tokushima
45 Hisa Arai[2] F 10 September 1904 4 May 2018 113 years, 236 days (unknown) Gifu
46 Shitsu Nakano[32] F 1 January 1894 19 August 2007 113 years, 230 days Fukuoka Fukuoka
47 Osugi Sogo[5] F 13 August 1905 Living 113 years, 182 days (unknown) Ehime
48 Masazō Nonaka[5] M 25 July 1905 20 January 2019 113 years, 179 days Hokkaidō Hokkaidō
49 Kiku Usami[2] F 1 September 1904 26 February 2018 113 years, 178 days (unknown) Niigata
50 Masa Iseri[2] F 19 September 1902 5 March 2016 113 years, 168 days (unknown) Kumamoto
51 Tsukimi Kishi[5] F 31 August 1905 Living 113 years, 164 days (unknown) Tochigi
52 Koito Furukawa[1] F 8 May 1901 11 October 2014 113 years, 156 days (unknown) Tokushima
53 Katsue Hiraishi[2] F 9 June 1904 6 November 2017 113 years, 150 days (unknown) Tokushima
54 Yoshino Tanaka[1] F 3 March 1900 30 July 2013 113 years, 149 days Okinawa Nagasaki
55 Terue Ashida[1] F 20 September 1899 15 February 2013 113 years, 148 days Hyōgo Hyōgo
56 Komiya Miyazaki[30] F 20 August 1897 4 January 2011 113 years, 137 days (unknown) Hiroshima
57 Mise Ito[28] F 6 November 1890 18 March 2004 113 years, 133 days (unknown) Shizuoka
58 Jun Kitamasu[1] F 2 March 1900 11 July 2013 113 years, 131 days (unknown) Hiroshima
59 Kaku Yamanaka[35] F 11 December 1894 5 April 2008 113 years, 116 days Aichi Aichi
60 Kura Bingo[5] F 20 October 1905 Living 113 years, 114 days (unknown) Nara
61 Sue Utagawa[28] F 19 January 1884 4 May 1997 113 years, 105 days Yamaguchi Yamaguchi
62 Niwa Kawamoto[28] F 5 August 1863 16 November 1976 113 years, 103 days (unknown) Shiga
63 Tome Takaoka[33] F 1 January 1899 12 April 2012 113 years, 102 days (unknown) Ibaraki
64 Kimi Asanuma[5] F 3 November 1905 Living 113 years, 100 days (unknown) Tokyo
Mina Kitagawa[5] F 3 November 1905 Living 113 years, 100 days (unknown) Shiga
66 Masayo Ito[2] F 1 October 1902 6 January 2016 113 years, 97 days (unknown) Miyagi
67 Misao Uemura[5] F 7 November 1905 Living 113 years, 96 days (unknown) Shiga
68 Kame Takamiyagi[33] F 10 June 1899 10 September 2012 113 years, 92 days (unknown) Okinawa
69 Chiyono Ohta[31] F 1 November 1896 25 January 2010 113 years, 85 days (unknown) Miyagi
70 Mie Ishiguro[28] F 2 June 1888 14 August 2001 113 years, 73 days Hokkaidō Hokkaidō
71 Hina Shikawatari[33] F 1 January 1899 15 February 2012 113 years, 45 days (unknown) Ishikawa
72 Kuni Onose[2] F 31 December 1904 5 February 2018 113 years, 36 days (unknown) Ibaraki
73 Yoshino Ide[34] F 1 January 1896 28 January 2009 113 years, 27 days (unknown) Hyōgo
74 Ito Konno Kinase[28] F 31 December 1889 24 January 2003 113 years, 24 days (unknown) United States (Hawaii)
75 Tase Hayasaka[28] F 1 July 1885 23 July 1998 113 years, 22 days (unknown) Niigata
76 Tane Shimada[2] F 25 September 1903 16 October 2016 113 years, 21 days (unknown) Saitama
77 Kou Iijima[34] F 25 March 1896 22 March 2009 112 years, 362 days (unknown) Chiba
Kitsuyo Yamamoto[2] F 12 March 1902 9 March 2015 112 years, 362 days (unknown) Shimane
79 Yaoe Koda[30] F 1 July 1898 9 June 2011 112 years, 343 days (unknown) Kōchi
80 Sugino Tamai[2] F 9 March 1902 14 February 2015 112 years, 342 days Shiga Hyōgo
81 Matsu Kayo[28] F 9 January 1886 13 December 1998 112 years, 338 days Okinawa Okinawa
82 Chikao Beppu[31] F 28 March 1897 17 February 2010 112 years, 326 days (unknown) Kagoshima
83 Toyo Endo[28] F 13 February 1892 3 January 2005 112 years, 325 days (unknown) Shizuoka
84 Matsuno Oikawa[28] F 20 February 1889 3 January 2002 112 years, 317 days (unknown) Iwate
85 Hanae Kimura[1] F 8 August 1901 16 June 2014 112 years, 312 days (unknown) Tokushima
Yasutaro Koide[2] M 13 March 1903 19 January 2016 112 years, 312 days Fukui Aichi
87 Yoki Yonehara[28] F 2 March 1892 4 January 2005 112 years, 308 days (unknown) Shimane
88 Hiro Nakae[30] F 20 October 1898 19 August 2011 112 years, 303 days (unknown) Hiroshima
89 Suma Tamagawa[30] F 14 March 1899 23 December 2011 112 years, 284 days (unknown) Iwate
90 Yoneno Kouno[2] F 7 August 1902 24 April 2015 112 years, 260 days (unknown) Ehime
Mine Suzuki[2] F 26 March 1905 11 December 2017 112 years, 260 days (unknown) Chiba
92 Kame Higa[28] F 22 June 1892 23 February 2005 112 years, 246 days Okinawa Okinawa
Takeno Fujita[33] F 1 December 1899 3 August 2012 112 years, 246 days (unknown) Ehime
94 Ine Atarashiya[33] F 6 September 1899 8 May 2012 112 years, 245 days (unknown) Yamaguchi
95 Hana Shindo[1] F 29 October 1901 20 June 2014 112 years, 234 days (unknown) Saitama
96 Sute Sato[2] F 15 October 1902 29 May 2015 112 years, 226 days (unknown) Fukushima
97 Woteru Takiguchi[33] F 19 April 1900 30 November 2012 112 years, 225 days (unknown) Tokyo
98 Tsuya Hayashi[2] F 26 April 1904 30 November 2016 112 years, 218 days (unknown) Toyama
99 Maki Miura[5] F 25 July 1906 Living 112 years, 201 days (unknown) Miyagi
100 Mumeno Sakurai[2] F 7 February 1904 26 August 2016 112 years, 201 days (unknown) Gunma

Biographies[edit]

Denzo Ishizaki[edit]

Denzo Ishizaki (石崎 伝蔵, Ishizaki Denzō, 20 October 1886 – 29 April 1999) was for a short time Japan's oldest living person and the world's oldest living man, from February to April 1999, and when he died the oldest Japanese man ever until being surpassed by Yukichi Chuganji on 30 September 2001.[37] 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.[38]

Mitoyo Kawate[edit]

Mitoyo Kawate (川手 ミトヨ, Kawate Mitoyo, 15 May 1889 – 13 November 2003) became the world's oldest living woman after the death of Mae Harrington on 29 December 2002, and the world's oldest living person after the death of Japanese man Yukichi Chuganji on 28 September 2003. On 31 October 2003, after Kamato Hongo's death, Kawate was recognized as the oldest living person in the world,[39][40] though in fact, Kawate became the oldest living person in the world on 28 September 2003, because Kamato Hongo's record was revoked in 2012.[41]

A resident of Hiroshima, she worked on a farm until injuring her hands at the age of 99. In 1945, two days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, she entered Hiroshima city in order to look for acquaintances.[39][42] She was taken to a hospital shortly before her death aged 114 years, 182 days from pneumonia.[39][40] Her death left Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan of Puerto Rico the oldest documented person in the world,[41] though this was not recognized by Guinness World Records until 2004 (Charlotte Benkner of the U.S. had been given the title in the interim).[40]

Masazō Nonaka[edit]

Masazō Nonaka (野中 正造, Nonaka Masazō, 25 July 1905 – 20 January 2019) was, at the time of his death at age 113 years, 179 days, Japan's oldest living man since Masamitsu Yoshida's death on 29 October 2016[43] and the world's oldest living man since Spaniard Francisco Núñez Olivera's death on 30 January 2018.[a] Nonaka was the oldest person ever born in Hokkaido Prefecture and Hokkaido's second oldest person ever behind Hatsue Ono (however, she was not born in Hokkaido).

He had six brothers and one sister and married Hatsuno Nonaka in 1931. They had five children (of whom three were living as of January 2019).[44] He ran the family onsen (hot spring), which opened in 1905, and spent most of his time in a wheelchair, crediting his longevity to eating sweets and relaxing in the hot springs.[45][46]

Nonaka died of natural causes at 1:30am on 20 January 2019[44] at his home on the island of Hokkaido[47] and was succeeded as the oldest living man by German Gustav Gerneth and as Japan's oldest living man by Chitetsu Watanabe.

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Francisco Núñez Olivera died 29 January 2018 around 10:30pm CET However, in Japan, the date was already 30 January 2018 (JST).

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