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These are lists of Asian supercentenarians (people from Asia who have attained the age of at least 110 years). According to the Gerontology Research Group, as of November 2015 there have been over 300 verified supercentenarian from Asia, all of them living in Japan. The oldest verified Asian person ever was Misao Okawa of Japan, who died on 1 April 2015, aged 117 years 27 days.[1] As of 26 November 2024, there are 22 verified living supercentenarians in Asia.[1] The oldest verified living person in Asia is Nabi Tajima of Japan, born 4 August 1900, aged 124 years, 114 days.

Living Asian supercentenarians

See List of oldest living people

Oldest supercentenarians in Asia top 50

All known cases are found at List of Japanese supercentenarians.

Asian emigrant supercentenarians

  • Ito Konno Kinase (31 December 1889 — 24 January 2003) was born in Okinawa. She was 113 years, 24 days old when she passed away in the United States.[2]
  • Tameko Shijo (born 1 January 1904) was born in Yamanashi and lives in the United States. She is 120 years, 330 days old.[3]

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[4] 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[4] 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[4] 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[4] F 113 – 114 7 April 1884 – 20 June 1998
114 years, 74 days 		Kagoshima
20 June 1998 31 July 1998
(41 days) 		Asa Takii[4] F 114 28 April 1884 – 31 July 1998
114 years, 94 days 		Hiroshima
31 July 1998 18 November 1998
(110 days) 		Tase Matsunaga[4] F 114 11 May 1884 – 18 November 1998
114 years, 191 days 		Niigata
18 November 1998 12 February 1999
(86 days) 		Yasu Akino[5] F 113 1 March 1885 – 12 February 1999
113 years, 348 days 		Shizuoka
12 February 1999 29 April 1999
(76 days) 		Denzo Ishizaki[6] M 112 20 October 1886 – 29 April 1999
112 years, 191 days 		Ibaraki
29 April 1999 6 August 1999
(99 days) 		Kayo Fujii 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 F 111 – 113 2 June 1888 – 14 August 2001
113 years, 73 days 		Hokkaidō
14 August 2001 3 January 2002
(142 days) 		Matsuno Oikawa 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 M 112 – 114 23 March 1889 – 28 September 2003
114 years, 189 days 		Fukuoka
28 September 2003 13 November 2003
(46 days) 		Mitoyo Kawate 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 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 F 112 – 114 4 January 1893 – 13 August 2007
114 years, 221 days 		Fukuoka
13 August 2007 19 August 2007
(6 days) 		Shitsu Nakano F 113 1 January 1894 – 19 August 2007
113 years, 230 days 		Fukuoka
19 August 2007 22 February 2008
(187 days) 		Tsuneyo Toyonaga[7] F 113 21 May 1894 – 22 February 2008
113 years, 277 days 		Kōchi
22 February 2008 5 April 2008
(43 days) 		Kaku Yamanaka[8] 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 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 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[9] 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[10] F 115 – 117 5 March 1898 – 1 April 2015
117 years, 27 days 		Osaka
1 April 2015 27 September 2015
(179 days) 		Anonymous[11] F 115 15 March 1900 – 27 September 2015
115 years, 196 days 		Tokyo
27 September 2015 Present
(3348 days) 		Nabi Tajima[12] F 115* born 4 August 1900
age 124 years, 114 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.[13] Tonaki lived in Okinawa Prefecture.[13] 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.[6] 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.[14]

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.[15] She moved from Tokyo, where she lived with her daughter, to Mutsumien in 1983. 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.[15] Later that same year she died, aged 114 years 191 days, of heart failure. 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.[16]

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 and 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.[17][18][19] The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare did not announce her name officially; only her residence and age were initially released.[20]

The name of Okubo was finally reported by the Japanese press on 14 September 2012,[17] and on the same day, Okubo was verified and added to the GRG list and Guinness World Records.[9] 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.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Validated Living Supercentenarians - Table E". Gerontology Research Group. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Supercentenarians who lived in Japan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Supercentenarian Data - Table E, supercentenarian-research-foundation.org
  4. ^ a b c d e f Japanese Centenarian Record Holders [1978 - 2001] Retrieved 13 November 2015.
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  6. ^ a b "Deaths Elsewhere - Denzo Ishizaki". The Baltimore Sun. 2 May 1999. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  7. ^ Woman on Shikoku is Japan's oldest person at age 113 years, 2 months+
  8. ^ Kaku Yamanaka, Japan's oldest person, dies of old age; she was 113
  9. ^ a b c Guinness World Records 2014. Guinness World Records. p. 59. ISBN 978-1908843357.
  10. ^ "Born In 1898: World's Oldest Living Person Celebrates Birthday". NPR.org. 4 March 2015.
  11. ^ 国内最高齢者　ご逝去について
  12. ^ "「ナビばあちゃんちばりよー」／喜界町の田島さんに県祝い状" ["Grandma Nabi" - Kikai City holds provincial celebration for Mrs. Tajima] (in Japanese). 16 September 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  13. ^ a b "Tonaka Genkan kokubetsushiki". Ryūkyū Shinpō. 27 January 1997. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  14. ^ "DENZO ISHIZAKI". Orlando Sentinel. 30 April 1999. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  15. ^ a b 長寿日本一松永タセさん他界寸前まで頭脳明晰！！ Template:Ja icon
  16. ^ "Pneumonia claims oldest woman, 114". The Commercial Appeal. NewsBank. 6 April 2005. p. A8. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  17. ^ a b 全国の１００歳以上高齢者が初の５万人超え　過去最多更新　最高齢は１１５歳. MSN Sankei Biz (in Japanese). Sankei Digital Inc. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ 世界最高齢の日本女性死去　１１５歳、大久保琴さん (in Japanese). Press Net Japan Co.,Ltd. 12 January 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ "World's oldest woman in Japan dies at 115". Kyodo News. 12 January 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  20. ^ 長寿日本一長谷川さん死去　京都の男性が最高齢に. 47NEWS (in Japanese). Press Net Japan Co.,Ltd. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
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