List of Japanese supercentenarians

List of Japanese citizens who lived 110 years or beyond

Chitetsu Watanabe (1907–2020), died aged 112 years and 355 days; picture taken in Taiwan during his military service in 1944.

Japanese supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from Japan who have attained or surpassed the age of 110 years. As of January 2015[update], the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of 263 Japanese supercentenarians, most of whom are women.[1] As of 24 January 2025, the oldest-known living Japanese person is Okagi Hayashi (born in Gifu on 2 September 1909), who is aged 115 years, 144 days.[2] The oldest verified Japanese and Asian person ever is Kane Tanaka (1903–2022), who lived to the age of 119 years and 107 days, making her the second-oldest validated person ever as well. Japan was also home to the world's oldest man ever, Jiroemon Kimura (1897–2013), who lived to the age of 116 years and 54 days.[3]

## 100 oldest-known Japanese

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01  | Kane Tanaka[4] | F  | 2 January 1903 | 19 April 2022 | 119 years, 107 days  | Fukuoka | Fukuoka
02  | Nabi Tajima[4] | F  | 4 August 1900 | 21 April 2018 | 117 years, 260 days  | Kagoshima | Kagoshima
03  | Chiyo Miyako[4] | F  | 2 May 1901 | 22 July 2018 | 117 years, 81 days  | Wakayama | Kanagawa
04  | Misao Okawa[4] | F  | 5 March 1898 | 1 April 2015 | 117 years, 27 days  | Osaka | Osaka
05  | Fusa Tatsumi[5] | F  | 25 April 1907 | 12 December 2023[6] | 116 years, 231 days  | Osaka  | Osaka
06  | Tomiko Itooka[7] | F  | 23 May 1908 | 29 December 2024[8] | 116 years, 220 days  | Osaka  | Hyōgo
07  | Tane Ikai[1] | F  | 18 January 1879 | 12 July 1995 | 116 years, 175 days  | Aichi | Aichi
08  | Jiroemon Kimura[1] | M  | 19 April 1897 | 12 June 2013 | 116 years, 54 days  | Kyoto | Kyoto
09  | Shigeyo Nakachi[4] | F  | 1 February 1905 | 11 January 2021 | 115 years, 345 days  | Saga | Saga
10  | Shimoe Akiyama[4] | F  | 19 May 1903 | 29 January 2019 | 115 years, 255 days  | Aichi  | Aichi
11  | Anonymous[4] | F  | 15 March 1900 | 27 September 2015 | 115 years, 196 days  | Tokyo | Tokyo
12  | Shin Matsushita[4] | F  | 30 March 1904 | 27 August 2019 | 115 years, 150 days  | Miyagi | Miyagi
13  | Okagi Hayashi[2] | F  | 2 September 1909 | Living  | 115 years, 144 days  | Gifu | Gifu
14  | Mina Kitagawa[4] | F  | 3 November 1905 | 19 December 2020 | 115 years, 46 days  | Shiga | Shiga
15  | Yoshi Otsunari[4] | F  | 17 December 1906 | 26 January 2022 | 115 years, 40 days  | Fukuoka  | Fukuoka
16  | Koto Ōkubo[1][9] | F  | 24 December 1897 | 12 January 2013 | 115 years, 19 days  | Tokyo | Kanagawa
17  | Chiyono Hasegawa[1] | F  | 20 November 1896 | 2 December 2011 | 115 years, 12 days  | Saga  | Saga
18  | Anonymous[4] | F  | 29 April 1907 | 30 April 2022 | 115 years, 1 day  | Hyogo  | Hyōgo
19  | Kama Chinen[1] | F  | 10 May 1895 | 2 May 2010 | 114 years, 357 days  | Okinawa | Okinawa
20  | Kahoru Furuya[4] | F  | 18 February 1908 | 25 December 2022[10] | 114 years, 310 days  | Shizuoka  | Shizuoka
21  | Kiyoko Ishiguro[4] | F  | 4 March 1901 | 5 December 2015 | 114 years, 276 days  | Tokyo  | Kanagawa
22  | Yukie Hino[4] | F  | 17 April 1902 | 13 January 2017 | 114 years, 271 days  | Niigata  | Niigata
23  | Hide Ohira[1] | F  | 15 September 1880 | 9 May 1995 | 114 years, 236 days  | Wakayama  | Wakayama
24  | Masa Matsumoto[7] | F  | 29 November 1909 | 9 July 2024[11] | 114 years, 223 days  | Shiga  | Kanagawa
25  | Yone Minagawa[1] | F  | 4 January 1893 | 13 August 2007 | 114 years, 221 days  | Fukuoka  | Fukuoka
26  | Ura Koyama[1] | F  | 30 August 1890 | 5 April 2005 | 114 years, 218 days  | Hiroshima | Fukuoka
27  | Yoshi Baba[4] | F  | 3 June 1907 | 4 January 2022 | 114 years, 215 days  | Yamanashi | Yamanashi
28  | Iso Nakamura[4] | F  | 23 April 1903 | 23 November 2017 | 114 years, 214 days  | Ishikawa | Ishikawa
29  | Haruno Yamashita[12] | F  | 19 February 1905 | 4 September 2019 | 114 years, 197 days  | Fukuoka  | Fukuoka
30  | Mitsue Toyoda[4] | F  | 15 February 1902 | 25 August 2016 | 114 years, 192 days  | Ōita  | Ōita
31  | Tase Matsunaga[1] | F  | 11 May 1884 | 18 November 1998 | 114 years, 191 days  | Niigata  | Tokyo
Kame Ganeko[4] | F  | 10 April 1905 | 18 October 2019 | Okinawa  | Okinawa
33  | Yukichi Chuganji[1] | M  | 23 March 1889 | 28 September 2003 | 114 years, 189 days  | Fukuoka  | Fukuoka
34  | Kame Nakamura[1] | F  | 8 March 1898 | 12 September 2012 | 114 years, 188 days  | Okinawa  | Okinawa
35  | Mitoyo Kawate[1] | F  | 15 May 1889 | 13 November 2003 | 114 years, 182 days  | Hiroshima  | Hiroshima
36  | Ina Okazawa[7] | F  | 10 March 1910 | 9 August 2024[13] | 114 years, 152 days  | Ibaraki | Ibaraki
37  | Toshie Yorimitsu[4] | F  | 30 September 1901 | 28 February 2016 | 114 years, 151 days  | Kōchi | Okinawa
38  | Mine Kondō[2] | F  | 1 September 1910 | Living  | 114 years, 145 days  | Aichi  | Aichi
39  | Ushi Makishi[14] | F  | 15 February 1909 | 4 July 2023[15] | 114 years, 139 days  | Okinawa  | Okinawa
40  | Kimiko Ono[16] | F  | 20 June 1908 | 31 October 2022 | 114 years, 133 days  | Wakayama  | Osaka
41  | Tae Ito[4] | F  | 11 July 1903 | 13 November 2017 | 114 years, 125 days  | Iwate | Iwate
42  | Hama Yasukawa[4] | F  | 19 January 1907 | 23 May 2021 | 114 years, 124 days  | Hyōgo  | Hyōgo
43  | Chiyo Shiraishi[1] | F  | 6 August 1895 | 19 November 2009 | 114 years, 105 days  | Fukushima | Ibaraki
44  | Hisako Shiroishi[7] | F  | 19 May 1910 | 26 August 2024[17] | 114 years, 99 days  | Saitama | Saitama
45  | Michiko Yamazaki[18] | F  | 28 July 1905 | 31 October 2019 | 114 years, 95 days  | Nagano | Nagano
46  | Asa Takii[1] | F  | 28 April 1884 | 31 July 1998 | 114 years, 94 days  | Hiroshima  | Hiroshima
47  | Tane Matsubara[7] | F  | 15 October 1909 | 16 January 2024[19] | 114 years, 93 days  | Tochigi | Hokkaido
48  | Waka Shirahama[20] | F  | 26 March 1878 | 16 June 1992 | 114 years, 82 days  | Kagoshima  | Miyazaki
Osugi Sogo[21] | F  | 14 August 1905 | 4 November 2019 | Hiroshima  | Ehime
50  | Suekiku Miyanaga[1] | F  | 7 April 1884 | 20 June 1998 | 114 years, 74 days  | Kagoshima  | Kagoshima
51  | Yasue Okai[5] | F  | 25 November 1908 | 6 February 2023 | 114 years, 73 days  | Osaka  | Osaka
52  | Shige Hirooka[1] | F  | 16 January 1897 | 29 March 2011 | 114 years, 72 days  | Osaka  | Osaka
53  | Hide Hamabe[5] | F  | 3 December 1908 | 10 January 2023[22] | 114 years, 38 days  | Miyazaki  | Miyazaki
Seki Yoshida[23] | F  | 4 January 1910 | 11 February 2024[24] | Ibaraki  | Ibaraki
55  | Masu Usui[2] | F  | 18 December 1910 | Living  | 114 years, 37 days  | Shizuoka  | Shizuoka
56  | Tomoe Iwata[4] | F  | 25 March 1904 | 13 April 2018 | 114 years, 19 days  | Iwate  | Iwate
57  | Tane Yonekura[4] | F  | 2 May 1904 | 19 May 2018 | 114 years, 17 days  | Kagoshima  | Kagoshima
58  | Kura Bingo[4] | F  | 20 October 1905 | 31 October 2019 | 114 years, 11 days  | Nara  | Nara
59  | Yoshiyo Bessho[4] | F  | 1 April 1904 | 8 April 2018 | 114 years, 7 days  | Okayama | Okayama
60  | Fujiko Mihara[7] | F  | 13 December 1910 | 18 December 2024[25] | 114 years, 5 days  | Ehime  | Ehime
61  | Miyoko Hiroyasu[2] | F  | 23 January 1911 | Living  | 114 years, 1 day  | Ōita  | Ōita
62  | Kiyo Komatsu[2] | F  | 27 January 1911 | Living  | 113 years, 363 days  | Ishikawa  | Saitama
63  | Kikue Taira[7] | F  | 26 April 1910 | 18 April 2024 | 113 years, 358 days  | Okinawa  | Okinawa
64  | Hatsue Ono[1] | F  | 31 October 1898 | 17 October 2012 | 113 years, 352 days  | Iwate  | Hokkaido
65  | Yasu Akino[1] | F  | 1 March 1885 | 12 February 1999 | 113 years, 348 days  | Shizuoka  | Shizuoka
66  | Nahi Yonamine[4] | F  | 9 March 1908 | 7 February 2022 | 113 years, 335 days  | Okinawa  | Okinawa
67  | Shinobu Hayashi[26] | F  | 15 March 1909 | 25 January 2023 | 113 years, 316 days  | Kumamoto | Kumamoto
68  | Nobu Kōno[2] | F  | 28 March 1911 | Living  | 113 years, 302 days  | Ibaraki  | Kanagawa
69  | Sayo Taminato[4] | F  | 15 October 1906 | 7 August 2020 | 113 years, 297 days  | Okinawa  | Okinawa
Fumi Hoshino[4] | F  | 30 October 1908 | 23 August 2022 | Tokyo  | Tokyo
71  | Kimi Asanuma[4] | F  | 3 November 1905 | 22 August 2019 | 113 years, 292 days  | Tokyo  | Tokyo
72  | Tsuneyo Toyonaga[1] | F  | 21 May 1894 | 22 February 2008 | 113 years, 277 days  | Kōchi  | Kōchi
73  | Tomoji Tanabe[1] | M  | 18 September 1895 | 19 June 2009 | 113 years, 274 days  | Miyazaki  | Miyazaki
74  | Mitsue Nagasaki[1] | F  | 18 September 1899 | 17 June 2013 | 113 years, 272 days  | Kumamoto  | Hiroshima
75  | Hisa Ono[27] | F  | 8 December 1905 | 4 September 2019 | 113 years, 270 days  | Saga  | Saga
76  | Shizue Nagata[4] | F  | 25 July 1903 | 12 April 2017 | 113 years, 261 days  | Kumamoto  | Kumamoto
Teru Ōshiro[28] | F  | 10 May 1904 | 26 January 2018 | Okinawa  | Okinawa
Kimi Kawasaki[29] | F  | 24 March 1909 | 10 December 2022 | Chiba | Kanagawa
79  | Hatsuno Gotō[4] | F  | 1 September 1903 | 15 May 2017 | 113 years, 256 days  | Niigata  | Tokyo
80  | Tsurue Amō[4] | F  | 1 March 1904 | 6 November 2017 | 113 years, 250 days  | Tokushima  | Tokushima
81  | Katsuko Tago[30] | F  | 28 March 1910 | 1 December 2023[31] | 113 years, 248 days  | Nagano  | Tokyo
82  | Katsue Kurimoto[4] | F  | 20 March 1907 | 22 November 2020 | 113 years, 247 days  | Tokushima  | Nara
83  | Shigeko Kagawa[2] | F  | 28 May 1911 | Living  | 113 years, 241 days  | Nara  | Nara
84  | Hisa Arai[4] | F  | 10 September 1904 | 4 May 2018 | 113 years, 236 days  | Gifu  | Gifu
85  | Shige Mineshiba[32] | F  | 18 May 1909 | 6 January 2023[33] | 113 years, 233 days  | Aichi  | Canada
86  | Shitsu Nakano[1] | F  | 1 January 1894 | 19 August 2007 | 113 years, 230 days  | Fukuoka  | Fukuoka
Kame Ganeko[34] | F  | 7 November 1905 | 25 June 2019 | Fukushima  | Shiga
88  | Taka Tsuji[4] | F  | 6 August 1906 | 4 March 2020 | 113 years, 211 days  | Saga  | Saga
89  | Shina Seki[5] | F  | 1 October 1909 | 25 April 2023[35] | 113 years, 206 days  | Ibaraki  | Ibaraki
90  | Tsukimi Kishi[4] | F  | 31 August 1905 | 19 March 2019 | 113 years, 200 days  | Tochigi  | Tochigi
91  | Mitsuno Sato[36] | F  | 9 April 1909 | 6 October 2022 | 113 years, 180 days  | Akita | Akita
92  | Masazō Nonaka[4] | M  | 25 July 1905 | 20 January 2019 | 113 years, 179 days  | Hokkaido  | Hokkaido
93  | Kiku Usami[4] | F  | 1 September 1904 | 26 February 2018 | 113 years, 178 days  | Niigata  | Niigata
94  | Tame Yamaguchi[4] | F  | 20 March 1907 | 6 September 2020 | 113 years, 170 days  | Kagoshima  | Miyazaki
95  | Masa Iseri[4] | F  | 19 September 1902 | 5 March 2016 | 113 years, 168 days  | Kumamoto  | Kumamoto
96  | Koito Furukawa[1] | F  | 8 May 1901 | 11 October 2014 | 113 years, 156 days  | Tokushima  | Tokushima
97  | Katsue Hiraishi[4] | F  | 9 June 1904 | 6 November 2017 | 113 years, 150 days  | Tokushima  | Tokushima
98  | Yoshino Tanaka[1] | F  | 3 March 1900 | 30 July 2013 | 113 years, 149 days  | Okinawa  | Nagasaki
99  | Terue Ashida[1] | F  | 20 September 1899 | 15 February 2013 | 113 years, 148 days  | Hyōgo  | Hyōgo
100  | Kesa Yamada[4] | F  | 30 March 1907 | 15 August 2020 | 113 years, 138 days  | Gunma | Gunma

## Biographies

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### Tane Ikai

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Tane Ikai (猪飼たね, Ikai Tane, 18 January 1879 – 12 July 1995) had been, at the time of her death, Japan's oldest person following the death of 114-year-old Waka Shirahama in 1992, while also being the first person in Japan to reach the ages of 115 and 116 and being the last Japanese person born in the 1870s.

Tane Ikai was born in Aichi, Empire of Japan on 18 January 1879. She married at the age of 20 and had three sons and a daughter. She separated from her husband in 1917 at the age of 38.

On a typical day, Ikai would eat three very basic meals of rice porridge. In 1968, at the age of 89, she moved into a nursing home where she was to live for the next 20 years. She played an active role in activities at the home and enjoyed making pottery and sewing until suffering her first stroke in 1978 at the age of 99. In 1988, at the age of 109, Ikai suffered another stroke and was moved to a hospital, where she remained bedridden for the rest of her life. She died of kidney failure on 12 July 1995.

### Denzō Ishizaki

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Denzō Ishizaki (石崎 伝蔵, Ishizaki Denzō, 2 October 1886 (or 1884?) – 29 April 1999) was an elementary school teacher and town assembly member in his hometown Kansago, Ibaraki Prefecture. At the time of his death, Ishizaki had been the world's oldest-living man for almost 18 weeks, as well as the ninth-oldest-living person in the world.[37] He died of multiple organ failure on 29 April 1999 at age 112 (or 114?) years and 209 days,[38] and was the oldest Japanese man ever (until October 2001, when his record was broken by Yukichi Chuganji). However, Ishizaki claimed to be two years older, asserting that his birth register had been "delayed by two years".[39] In July 2023, LongeviQuest determined that Ishizaki was born 18 days earlier than previously believed, based on his family records.[40]

### Yukichi Chuganji

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Yukichi Chuganji (中願寺 雄吉; Chūganji Yūkichi, 23 March 1889 – 28 September 2003) was a Japanese silkworm breeder, instructor in the agricultural specialty, bank employee and community welfare officer who lived for 114 years and 189 days. At the time of his death, he was the oldest Japanese man ever and the world's oldest-living person.

He did not like to eat vegetables but liked beef, pork and chicken. He also ate toffee, drank milk, the occasional apple juice and only drank alcohol in moderation, which he believed were the secrets to a long life. During the last years of his life, he had failing eye sight and was bedridden. He died of natural causes on the evening of 28 September 2003, after being served a glass of apple juice by his 74-year-old daughter, who was his only living child.[41] Besides 5 children, Chuganji also had 7 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

### Misao Okawa

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Misao Okawa (大川ミサヲ, Okawa Misao, 5 March 1898 – 1 April 2015) became the world's oldest-living person followed the death of 116-year-old Jiroemon Kimura in 2013 until her own death in 2015.

Misao Okawa was born to a kimono maker family on 5 March 1898 in Tenma-Ku (now Kita-ku), Osaka Prefecture, Empire of Japan. Prior to her marriage, she helped with her family's clothing business. In 1919, she married her husband Yukio, who ran his own business in Kobe. They had three children, two daughters and a son. As of February 2013, only one of her daughters, Shizuyo, and her son Hiroshi, were still alive. Her other daughter had died before her. Okawa's husband was a modern man. He enjoyed a cup of coffee and eating bread on Sundays, which was uncommon back in the 1920s. Sadly, after only twelve years of marriage, Yukio Okawa died on 20 June 1931 at the age of 36 from heart disease.[42] Following the death of her husband, Okawa moved back to Osaka with her three children. She never remarried. After establishing a new Koseki in 1951, Okawa's younger daughter got married, followed up by her oldest daughter in 1953 and her son in 1956. From there, Okawa lived with her son and daughter-in-law. In 2000, she broke her leg at the age of 102. She said that she was doing leg squats. She was able to walk until she was age 110, after which she needed a wheelchair to prevent her from falling over.

Okawa died in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan, on 1 April 2015 from heart failure, at the age of 117 years, 27 days.

### Nabi Tajima

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Nabi Tajima (田島 ナビ, Tajima Nabi, 4 August 1900 – 21 April 2018)[43][44][45] succeeded Violet Brown as the world's oldest person after Brown's death on 16 September 2017. She died seven months later and was the last person verified as having been born in the 19th century.[46]

Tajima was born and died on the small island of Kikaijima in the Amami Islands chain, about halfway between Okinawa and the main Japanese islands. Her husband, Tominishi Tajima (田島 富二子), died aged 93 in 1991.[47][48] She had nine children, seven sons and two daughters,[47] and in September 2017 she was reported to have had around 160 descendants, including great-great-great-grandchildren.[49] She stated that her longevity was due to sleeping soundly and eating delicious food.[46] Guinness World Records was planning to certify Tajima as the world's oldest person, but she died at a nursing home in Kikai shortly before they could do so.[50][51]

She died at age 117 years and 260 days on 21 April 2018, and was the oldest Japanese person ever until Kane Tanaka surpassed her age on 19 September 2020.[52]

### Yasutaro Koide

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Yasutaro Koide (小出 保太郎, Koide Yasutarō, 13 March 1903 – 19 January 2016) worked as a tailor for a men's clothes shop in Tsuruga, Fukui.[53] He moved to Nagoya when he was 107 years old, to live with his daughter.[54] When he turned 110, Koide could still read newspapers without eyeglasses and eat without dentures.[55]

On 31 March 2014, Koide became the oldest-living person in Aichi Prefecture following the death of Nagoya resident Tsuya Miura, who died at the age of 111.[56] The following year, he became the oldest-living man in the world following the death of Sakari Momoi on 5 July 2015,[57] a feat which was recognized by Guinness World Records on 21 August 2015.[53] When asked about the secret to his long life, Koide responded by stating that "the best thing is to not overdo" and recommending abstinence from smoking or drinking.[54]

Koide died on 19 January 2016 due to heart failure and pneumonia in a hospital in Nagoya at the age of 112 years, 312 days.[58]

### Masazō Nonaka

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Masazō Nonaka (野中 正造, Nonaka Masazō, 25 July 1905 – 20 January 2019) had been, at the time of his death, Japan's oldest-living man since October 2016,[59] and the world's oldest-living man for one year, since January 2018.[60] Nonaka was also the oldest person ever born in Hokkaidō.

He had two brothers and three sisters; Nonaka married Hatsuno Nonaka in 1931. They had five children, of whom three were living as of his death.[61] He ran the family onsen, which opened in 1905. He spent most of his later years in a wheelchair, crediting his longevity to eating sweets and relaxing in the hot springs.[62][63] Nonaka died on 20 January 2019, aged 113 years and 179 days.[61][64]

### Fusa Tatsumi

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Fusa Tatsumi, c. 1920s

Fusa Tatsumi (巽フサ, Tatsumi Fusa, 25 April 1907 – 12 December 2023) was a Japanese supercentenarian. She was Japan's oldest-living person after the death of Kane Tanaka on 19 April 2022.[65][66]

Fusa Tatsumi was born in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, Empire of Japan on 25 April 1907.[65] Tatsumi moved into the Hakuto nursing home in Kashiwara, Osaka Prefecture, Japan in 2013. When she came to the nursing home she was in relatively good health, and was able to do gymnastics from her wheelchair. Aged 110, she was still able to do her own makeup.[67] She was bedridden and rarely spoke in her later years.[68][69] After the death of Lucile Randon of France on 17 January 2023, Tatsumi became the second-oldest-living person in the world behind Maria Branyas, a Californian-born woman of Catalan descent.[69][70][71] The pair were the last two living people verified to have been born in 1907.[2] Tatsumi died of respiratory failure on 12 December 2023, aged 116 years and 231 days.[72]

### Tomiko Itooka

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Main article: Tomiko Itooka

Tomiko Itooka (糸岡富子, Itooka Tomiko, 23 May 1908 – 29 December 2024) was a Japanese supercentenarian. She was Japan's oldest-living person since the death of Fusa Tatsumi on 12 December 2023.[73] Tomiko Itooka was born in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Empire of Japan on 23 May 1908.[73] She moved into a nursing home in Ashiya, Hyōgo in 2019. She was at the time still able to move independently, but later mainly used a wheelchair. On 19 August 2024, following Maria Branyas' death, she became the world's oldest-living person. Itooka died from natural causes on 29 December 2024, aged 116 years, 220 days.[74]

### Okagi Hayashi

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Okagi Hayashi (林 おかぎ, Hayashi Okagi, born 2 September 1909)[2] is a Japanese supercentenarian, who is currently the oldest living person in Japan and the third-oldest-living person.[75]

Okagi Hayashi was born in the village of Tsumagi (now Tsumagicho, Toki), Gifu Prefecture, Empire of Japan, on 2 September 1909. Her father was a grain wholesaler. After graduating from elementary school, she entered Nakatsu Girls' High School. At the same time she started school, she left her parents' house and lived in a high school dormitory.[76] In her early 20s, Hayashi married an elementary school teacher. Her husband was adopted into the Hayashi family, so she never changed her maiden name.[77] They lived in Hokkaido Prefecture until her first son was born, and then returned to Toki where she took over her family's grain wholesale business. The couple had nine children in total.[78] She has been very cautious of her health since mid-life, drinking her homemade green juice every morning and exercising along with her husband. Until she was in her eighties, she enjoyed going on hot spring trips and gardening with her friends from school days. Hayashi practiced calligraphy until she was in her nineties. She lived with her family in her home until she was 105. At the time of her 110th birthday, she had eight living children, 22 grandchildren, 39 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.[79][80] At the age of 112, she was still able to read newspapers and enjoyed playing puzzle games.[81] Hayashi currently lives in Tsumagicho, Toki City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.

## See also

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* Shigechiyo Izumi – wrongly assumed to have been the world's oldest man ever

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