List of Japanese supercentenarians


Japanese supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from Japan who have attained or surpassed the age of 110 years., the Gerontology Research Group had validated the longevity claims of 263 Japanese supercentenarians, most of whom are women. As of, the oldest-known living Japanese person is Shigeko Kagawa, who is aged. The oldest verified Japanese and Asian person ever is Kane Tanaka, 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, who lived to the age of 116 years and 54 days.

100 oldest-known Japanese

RankNameSexBirth dateDeath dateAgeBirthplacePlace of death
or residence
1Kane TanakaF2 1 190319 4 2022FukuokaFukuoka
2Nabi TajimaF4 8 190021 4 2018KagoshimaKagoshima
3Chiyo MiyakoF2 5 190122 7 2018WakayamaKanagawa
4Misao OkawaF5 3 18981 4 2015OsakaOsaka
5Fusa TatsumiF25 4 190712 12 2023OsakaOsaka
6Tomiko ItookaF23 5 190829 12 2024OsakaHyōgo
7Tane IkaiF18 1 187912 7 1995AichiAichi
8Jiroemon KimuraM19 4 189712 6 2013KyotoKyoto
9Shigeyo NakachiF1 2 190511 1 2021SagaSaga
10Shimoe AkiyamaF19 5 190329 1 2019AichiAichi
11Okagi HayashiF2 9 190926 4 2025GifuGifu
12AnonymousF15 3 190027 9 2015TokyoTokyo
13Shin MatsushitaF30 3 190427 8 2019MiyagiMiyagi
14Mina KitagawaF3 11 190519 12 2020ShigaShiga
15Yoshi OtsunariF17 12 190626 1 2022FukuokaFukuoka
16Koto ŌkuboF24 12 189712 1 2013TokyoKanagawa
17Chiyono HasegawaF20 11 18962 12 2011SagaSaga
18AnonymousF29 4 190730 4 2022HyogoHyōgo
19Kama ChinenF10 5 18952 5 2010OkinawaOkinawa
20Kahoru FuruyaF18 2 190825 12 2022ShizuokaShizuoka
21Kiyoko IshiguroF4 3 19015 12 2015TokyoKanagawa
22Yukie HinoF17 4 190213 1 2017NiigataNiigata
23Mine KondōF1 9 191020 5 2025AichiAichi
24Shigeko KagawaF28 5 1911LivingNaraNara
25Hide OhiraF15 9 18809 5 1995WakayamaWakayama
26Masa MatsumotoF29 11 19099 7 2024ShigaKanagawa
27Yone MinagawaF4 1 189313 8 2007FukuokaFukuoka
28Ura KoyamaF30 8 18905 4 2005HiroshimaFukuoka
29Yoshi BabaF3 6 19074 1 2022YamanashiYamanashi
30Iso NakamuraF23 4 190323 11 2017IshikawaIshikawa
31Haruno YamashitaF19 2 19054 9 2019FukuokaFukuoka
32Mitsue ToyodaF15 2 190225 8 2016ŌitaŌita
33Tase MatsunagaF11 5 188418 11 1998NiigataTokyo
33Kame GanekoF10 4 190518 10 2019OkinawaOkinawa
35Yukichi ChuganjiM23 3 188928 9 2003FukuokaFukuoka
36Kame NakamuraF8 3 189812 9 2012OkinawaOkinawa
37Miyoko HiroyasuF23 1 191129 7 2025ŌitaŌita
38Mitoyo KawateF15 5 188913 11 2003HiroshimaHiroshima
39Masu UsuiF18 12 191021 5 2025ShizuokaShizuoka
40Ina OkazawaF10 3 19109 8 2024IbarakiIbaraki
41Toshie YorimitsuF30 9 190128 2 2016KōchiOkinawa
42Ushi MakishiF15 2 19094 7 2023OkinawaOkinawa
43Kimiko OnoF20 6 190831 10 2022WakayamaOsaka
44Tae ItoF11 7 190313 11 2017IwateIwate
45Hama YasukawaF19 1 190723 5 2021HyōgoHyōgo
46Chiyo ShiraishiF6 8 189519 11 2009FukushimaIbaraki
47Hisako ShiroishiF19 5 191026 8 2024SaitamaSaitama
48Michiko YamazakiF28 7 190531 10 2019NaganoNagano
49Asa TakiiF28 4 188431 7 1998HiroshimaHiroshima
50Tane MatsubaraF15 10 190916 1 2024TochigiHokkaido
51Waka ShirahamaF26 3 187816 6 1992KagoshimaMiyazaki
51Osugi SogoF14 8 19054 11 2019HiroshimaEhime
53Suekiku MiyanagaF7 4 188420 6 1998KagoshimaKagoshima
54Yasue OkaiF25 11 19086 2 2023OsakaOsaka
55Shige HirookaF16 1 189729 3 2011OsakaOsaka
56Fuyo KishimotoF20 12 1911LivingHyōgoKyoto
57Kiyo KomatsuF27 1 191110 3 2025IshikawaSaitama
58Hide HamabeF3 12 190810 1 2023MiyazakiMiyazaki
58Seki YoshidaF4 1 191011 2 2024IbarakiIbaraki
60Tomoe IwataF25 3 190413 4 2018IwateIwate
61Tane YonekuraF2 5 190419 5 2018KagoshimaKagoshima
62Kura BingoF20 10 190531 10 2019NaraNara
63Yoshiyo BesshoF1 4 19048 4 2018OkayamaOkayama
64Fujiko MiharaF13 12 191018 12 2024EhimeEhime
65Kikue TairaF26 4 191018 4 2024OkinawaOkinawa
66Hatsue OnoF31 10 189817 10 2012IwateHokkaido
67Yasu AkinoF1 3 188512 2 1999ShizuokaShizuoka
68Nahi YonamineF9 3 19087 2 2022OkinawaOkinawa
69Sumiko MoriF30 1 191221 12 2025ŌitaMie
70Shinobu HayashiF15 3 190925 1 2023KumamotoKumamoto
71Sayo TaminatoF15 10 19067 8 2020OkinawaOkinawa
71Fumi HoshinoF30 10 190823 8 2022TokyoTokyo
73Kimi AsanumaF3 11 190522 8 2019TokyoTokyo
74Tsuneyo ToyonagaF21 5 189422 2 2008KōchiKōchi
75Tomoji TanabeM18 9 189519 6 2009MiyazakiMiyazaki
76Mitsue NagasakiF18 9 189917 6 2013KumamotoHiroshima
77Hisa OnoF8 12 19054 9 2019SagaSaga
78AnonymousF14 5 1912LivingTokyoTokyo
79Shizue NagataF25 7 190312 4 2017KumamotoKumamoto
79Teru ŌshiroF10 5 190426 1 2018OkinawaOkinawa
79Kimi KawasakiF24 3 190910 12 2022ChibaKanagawa
82Kiyo ItoF8 11 191124 7 2025HokkaidoHokkaido
83Hatsuno GotōF1 9 190315 5 2017NiigataTokyo
84Tsurue AmōF1 3 19046 11 2017TokushimaTokushima
85Katsuko TagoF28 3 19101 12 2023NaganoTokyo
86Katsue KurimotoF20 3 190722 11 2020TokushimaNara
87Hisa AraiF10 9 19044 5 2018GifuGifu
88Shige MineshibaF18 5 19096 1 2023AichiCanada
89Shitsu NakanoF1 1 189419 8 2007FukuokaFukuoka
89Misao UemuraF7 11 190525 6 2019FukushimaShiga
91Taka TsujiF6 8 19064 3 2020SagaSaga
92Nobu KawanoF28 3 191122 10 2024IbarakiKanagawa
93Shina SekiF1 10 190925 4 2023IbarakiIbaraki
94Tsukimi KishiF31 8 190519 3 2019TochigiTochigi
95Mitsuno SatoF9 4 19096 10 2022AkitaAkita
96Masazō NonakaM25 7 190520 1 2019HokkaidoHokkaido
97Kiku UsamiF1 9 190426 2 2018NiigataNiigata
98Tame YamaguchiF20 3 19076 9 2020KagoshimaMiyazaki
99Masa IseriF19 9 19025 3 2016KumamotoKumamoto
100Koito FurukawaF8 5 190111 10 2014TokushimaTokushima

Biographies

Tane Ikai

Tane Ikai had been, until 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 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 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

Denzō Ishizaki 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. He died of multiple organ failure on 29 April 1999 at age 112 years and 209 days, and was the oldest Japanese man ever. However, Ishizaki claimed to be two years older, asserting that his birth register had been "delayed by two years". In July 2023, LongeviQuest determined that Ishizaki was born 18 days earlier than previously believed, based on his family records.

Yukichi Chuganji

Yukichi Chuganji was a Japanese silkworm breeder and specialist, 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 was the fourth out of currently six known men to hold the title.
His diet consisted primarily of meat. 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. 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. Besides five children, Chuganji also had seven grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.

Misao Okawa

Misao Okawa became the world's oldest-living person following the death of 116-year-old Jiroemon Kimura in June 2013 until her own death in 2015.
Misao Okawa was born on 5 March 1898 in Tenma-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. In February 2013, one of her daughters, Shizuyo, and her son Hiroshi, were still alive. After twelve years of marriage, Yukio Okawa died on 20 June 1931 at the age of 36 from heart disease. Following the death of her husband, Okawa moved back to Osaka with her three children. Okawa lived with her son and daughter-in-law. In 2000, she broke her leg at the age of 102. She was able to walk until she was age 110, after which she needed a wheelchair.
Okawa died in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan, on 1 April 2015 from heart failure, at the age of 117 years, 27 days.

Nabi Tajima

Nabi Tajima succeeded Violet Brown as the world's oldest person after Brown's death on 15 September 2017. She died seven months later and was the last person verified as having been born in the 19th century.
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, died aged 93 in 1991. She had nine children: seven sons and two daughters, and in September 2017 she was reported to have had around 160 descendants, including great-great-great-grandchildren. She stated that her longevity was due to sleeping soundly and eating delicious food. 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.
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 in September 2020.

Yasutaro Koide

Yasutaro Koide worked as a tailor for a men's clothes shop in Tsuruga, Fukui. He moved to Nagoya when he was 107 years old, to live with his daughter. When he turned 110, Koide could still read newspapers without eyeglasses and eat without dentures.
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. He became the oldest-living man in the world following the death of Sakari Momoi on 5 July 2015, a feat which was recognized by Guinness World Records on 21 August 2015. 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.
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.

Masazō Nonaka

Masazō Nonaka had been, until his death, Japan's oldest-living man since October 2016, and the world's oldest-living man for one year, since January 2018. 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. 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. Nonaka died on 20 January 2019, aged 113 years and 179 days.

Fusa Tatsumi

Fusa Tatsumi was a Japanese supercentenarian. She was Japan's oldest-living person after the death of Kane Tanaka on 19 April 2022.
Fusa Tatsumi was born in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, Empire of Japan on 25 April 1907. 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. She was bedridden and rarely spoke in her later years. Tatsumi died of respiratory failure on 12 December 2023, aged 116 years and 231 days.

Tomiko Itooka

Tomiko Itooka was a Japanese supercentenarian. She was Japan's oldest-living person after the death of Fusa Tatsumi on 12 December 2023. Tomiko Itooka was born in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Empire of Japan on 23 May 1908. 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.

Okagi Hayashi

Okagi Hayashi was a Japanese supercentenarian, who was the oldest living person in Japan.
Okagi Hayashi was born in the village of Tsumagi, Gifu Prefecture, Empire of Japan, on 2 September 1909. In her early 20s, Hayashi married. Her husband was adopted into the Hayashi family, so she never changed her maiden name. 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. She had been 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. 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. At the age of 112, she was still able to read newspapers and enjoyed playing puzzle games. Hayashi lived in Tsumagicho, Toki City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan before her death of heart failure on 26 April 2025, aged 115 years, 236 days.

Mine Kondō

Mine Kondō was a Japanese supercentenarian. For 24 days, she was the oldest known living person in Japan.
Kondō was born on September 1, 1910, in the village of Ikuma, which is now part of Toyota, Aichi. She married her husband at the age of 20 and had 9 children, but only 6 survived to adulthood. She worked as a farmer for much of her life while also raising silkworms and creating handmade paper. On March 2, 2023, Kondō became the oldest living person in Aichi Prefecture following the death of Shizu Narita. On April 26, 2025, Kondō became the oldest living person in Japan following the death of Okagi Hayashi. She died on May 20, 2025, at the age of.

Miyoko Hiroyasu

Miyoko Hiroyasu was a Japanese supercentenarian who was the oldest living person in Japan. Her age is confirmed by both Gerontology Research Group and LongeviQuest.
Miyoko Hiroyasu was born on 23 January 1911 in Nakatsu, Ōita Prefecture. She studied art at a school in Tokyo and worked as an art teacher in Hiroshima Prefecture, where she met her future husband. The couple had three children together. On 23 January 2025, Hiroyasu celebrated her 114th birthday at her nursing home, although the official celebration was postponed due to a COVID-19 infection.
On 21 May 2025, after the death of Masu Usui, Miyoko Hiroyasu became the oldest living person in Japan.
On 29 July 2025, Hiroyasu died in Nakatsu at the age of.