| VERIFIED SUPERCENTENARIAN CASES -- | JAPAN | (As of April 10, 2007) | |||||||||||||
| CHRONOLOGY | |||||||||||||||
| Age | Place of | Age When | Living | Case | Photo? | ||||||||||
| Three or More Documents (three-stars)[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Nation | Name | Born | Died | Years | Days | R | S | Death | Oldest | Rank | Added | Source | |||
| 1 | Japan | Yoshigiku Ito | Aug. 3, 1856 | Nov. 26, 1966 | 110 | 115 | O | M | Japan | -110 | |||||
| 2 | Japan | Mito Umeta | Mar. 27, 1863 | May 31, 1975 | 112 | 65 | O | F | Japan | -112 | |||||
| 3 | Japan | Niwa Kawamoto | Aug. 5, 1863 | Nov. 16, 1976 | 113 | 103 | O | F | Japan | 111-113 | |||||
| 4 | Japan | Shigechiyo Izumi | June 29, 1865 | Feb. 21, 1986 | 120 | 237 | O | M | Japan | 111-120 | original 1999 list | ||||
| 5 | Japan | Momo Okuma | Jan. 12, 1874 | Feb. 10, 1984 | 110 | 29 | O | F | Japan | Sept. 13, 2004 | |||||
| 6 | Japan | Ine Tsugawa | Apr. 3, 1875 | May 21, 1986 | 111 | 48 | O | F | Japan | 110-111 | |||||
| 7 | Japan | Mitsu Fujisawa | Apr. 9, 1876 | Jan. 17, 1990 | 113 | 283 | O | F | Japan | 110-113 | |||||
| 8 | Japan | Waka Shirahama | Mar. 23, 1878 | June 16, 1992 | 114 | 85 | O | F | Japan | 113-114 | |||||
| 9 | Japan | Tane Ikai | Jan. 18, 1879 | July 12, 1995 | 116 | 175 | O | F | Japan | 113-116 | |||||
| 10 | Japan | Eiju Tsuru | Feb. 4, 1879 | Jan. 11, 1990 | 110 | 341 | O | M | Japan | ||||||
| 11 | Japan | Hide Ohira | Sept. 15, 1880 | May 9, 1995 | 114 | 236 | O | F | Japan | Feb. 4, 2003 | |||||
| 12 | Japan | Sue Utagawa | Jan. 19, 1884 | May 4, 1997 | 113 | 105 | O | F | Japan | 111-113 | |||||
| 13 | Japan | Suekiku Miyanaga | Apr. 7, 1884 | June 20, 1998 | 114 | 74 | O | F | Japan | 113-114 | |||||
| 14 | Japan | Asa Takii | Apr. 28, 1884 | July 31, 1998 | 114 | 94 | O | F | Japan | 114 | |||||
| 15 | Japan | Tase Matsunaga | May 11, 1884 | Nov. 18, 1998 | 114 | 191 | O | F | Japan | 114 | |||||
| 16 | Japan | Gengan Tonaki | Oct. 30, 1884 | Jan. 24, 1997 | 112 | 86 | O | M | Japan | ||||||
| 17 | Japan | Shizue Hasegawa | Jan. 27, 1885 | July 31, 1997 | 112 | 185 | O | F | Japan | ||||||
| 18 | Japan | Yasu Akino | Mar. 1, 1885 | Feb. 12, 1999 | 113 | 348 | O | F | Japan | 113 | |||||
| 19 | Japan | Tase Hayasaka | July 1, 1885 | July 23, 1998 | 113 | 22 | O | F | Japan | ||||||
| 20 | Japan | Masaki Moriyama | Dec. 21, 1885 | Sept. 14, 1997 | 111 | 267 | O | F | Japan | ||||||
| 21 | Japan | Matsu Kayo | Jan. 9, 1886 | Dec. 13, 1998 | 112 | 338 | O | f | Japan | ||||||
| 22 | Japan | Chiyo Kowada | Sept. 16, 1886 | Dec. 31, 1998 | 112 | 106 | O | F | Japan | ||||||
| 23 | Japan | Denzo Ishizaki | Oct. 20, 1886 | Apr. 29, 1999 | 112 | 191 | O | M | Japan | 112 | |||||
| 24 | Japan | NA | Nov. 23, 1886 | Dec. 19, 1996 | 110 | 26 | O | ? | Japan | May 7, 2002 | |||||
| 25 | Japan | NA | May 4, 1887 | July 15, 1997 | 110 | 72 | O | ? | Japan | May 7, 2002 | |||||
| 26 | Japan | Shie Kitai | June 28, 1887 | Oct. 28, 1998 | 111 | 122 | O | F | Japan | ||||||
| 27 | Japan | NA | Sept. 12, 1887 | Jan. 16, 1998 | 110 | 126 | O | ? | Japan | May 7, 2002 | |||||
| 28 | Japan | Kamato Hongo | Sept. 16, 1887 | Oct. 31, 2003 | 116 | 45 | O | F | Japan | 111-116 | 1999 | ||||
| 29 | Japan | Kamado Okuhara | Oct. 28, 1887 | Jan. 10, 1999 | 111 | 74 | O | F | Japan | May-02 | |||||
| 30 | Japan | Kayo Fujii | Mar. 12, 1888 | Aug. 6, 1999 | 111 | 147 | O | F | Japan | ||||||
| 31 | Japan | Mie Ishiguro | June 2, 1888 | Aug. 14, 2001 | 113 | 73 | O | F | Japan | ||||||
| 32 | Japan | NA | Aug. 7, 1888 | Aug. 18, 1998 | 110 | 11 | O | ? | Japan | May 7, 2002 | |||||
| 33 | Japan | Asa Yashiro | Aug. 8, 1888 | Dec. 4, 1998 | 110 | 118 | O | F | Japan | ||||||
| 34 | Japan | Sadayoshi Tanabe | Oct. 20, 1888 | Jan. 18, 2000 | 111 | 90 | O | M | Japan | ||||||
| 35 | Japan | Matsuno Oikawa | Feb. 20, 1889 | Jan. 3, 2002 | 112 | 317 | O | F | Japan | ||||||
| 36 | Japan | Yukichi Chuganji | Mar. 23, 1889 | Sept. 28, 2003 | 114 | 189 | O | M | Japan | 2000 | |||||
| 37 | Japan | Mitoyo Kawate | May 15, 1889 | Nov. 13, 2003 | 114 | 182 | O | F | Japan | 114 | 2000 | ||||
| 38 | Japan | Aki Ichikawa | Aug. 10, 1889 | Aug. 14, 2000 | 111 | 4 | O | F | Japan | ||||||
| 39 | Japan | Gozei Taba | Sept. 12, 1889 | Jan. 6, 2001 | 111 | 116 | O | F | Japan | ||||||
| 40 | Japan | Yaeno Koga | Nov. 4, 1889 | Oct. 27, 2000 | 110 | 358 | O | F | Japan | ||||||
| 41 | Japan | Kamado Koja | Nov. 17, 1889 | Apr. 3, 2000 | 110 | 138 | O | F | Japan | ||||||
| 42 | Japan | Chiake Nakamura | Dec. 31, 1889 | July 7, 2000 | 110 | 189 | O | M | Japan | ||||||
| 43 | Japan | Yoshi Ishii | Jan. 16, 1890 | Aug. 31, 2000 | 110 | 228 | O | F | Japan | ||||||
| 44 | Japan | Rin Fukaya | Jan. 19, 1890 | June 30, 2000 | 110 | 163 | O | F | Japan | ||||||
| 45 | Japan | Soto Kitagawa | Feb. 23, 1890 | Mar. 18, 2001 | 111 | 23 | O | F | Japan | ||||||
| 46 | Japan | Hanae Sugiyama | July 27, 1890 | Jan. 11, 2001 | 110 | 168 | O | F | Japan | ||||||
| 47 | Japan | Ura Koyama | Aug. 30, 1890 | Apr. 5, 2005 | 114 | 218 | O | F | Japan (Fukuoka) | 113-114 | |||||
| 48 | Japan | NA | Sept. 27, 1890 | Jan. 9, 2001 | 110 | 104 | O | ? | Japan | May 7, 2002 | |||||
| 49 | Japan | Mise Ito | Nov. 6, 1890 | Mar. 18, 2004 | 113 | 133 | O | F | Japan | ||||||
| 50 | Japan | Tsuru Misawa | Jan. 11, 1891 | Sept. 21, 2002 | 111 | 253 | O | F | Japan | ||||||
| 51 | Japan | Shizuno Iwasaki | Feb. 1, 1891 | Dec. 3, 2001 | 110 | 305 | O | F | Japan | ||||||
| 52 | Japan | Kumekichi Tani | Apr. 20, 1891 | May 12, 2003 | 112 | 22 | O | M | Japan | ||||||
| 53 | Japan | Yuinosuke Hashimoto | Apr. 27, 1891 | May 31, 2003 | 112 | 34 | O | M | Japan | ||||||
| 54 | Japan | Tsuru Takenaka | May 18, 1891 | Feb. 6, 2002 | 110 | 264 | O | F | Japan | ||||||
| 55 | Japan | Sawayo Tanaka | June 9, 1891 | Nov. 1, 2003 | 112 | 145 | O | F | Japan | case restored Oct. 21, 2004 | |||||
| 56 | Japan | Kame Nagayama | Sept. 21, 1891 | Apr. 9, 2002 | 110 | 200 | O | F | Japan | ||||||
| 57 | Japan | Komitsu Yano | Nov. 4, 1891 | Sept. 14, 2002 | 110 | 314 | O | F | Japan | June 26, 2002 | |||||
| 58 | Japan | Kama Nakasone | Nov. 23, 1891 | Jan. 1, 2003 | 111 | 39 | O | M | Japan | ||||||
| 59 | Japan | Kinno Tanoue | Jan. 12, 1892 | Nov. 30, 2002 | 110 | 322 | O | F | Japan | Sept. 14, 2002 | |||||
| 60 | Japan | Tsuru Fukuhara | Feb. 10, 1892 | July 15, 2004 | 112 | 156 | O | F | Japan | Sept. 15, 2002 | |||||
| 61 | Japan | Toyo Endo | Feb. 13, 1892 | Jan. 3, 2005 | 112 | 325 | O | F | Japan (Shizuoka) | Sept. 16, 2002 | |||||
| 62 | Japan | Yoki Yonehara | Mar. 2, 1892 | Jan. 4, 2005 | 112 | 308 | O | F | Japan (Shimane) | Jan. 16, 2003 | |||||
| 63 | Japan | Norio Kowada | Apr. 25, 1892 | June 6, 2003 | 111 | 42 | O | M | Japan (Tokushima) | Jan. 16, 2003 | |||||
| 64 | Japan | Kame Ue | May 8, 1892 | Jan. 30, 2003 | 110 | 267 | O | F | Japan | May 10, 2002 | |||||
| 65 | Japan | Kame Higa | June 22, 1892 | Feb. 23, 2005 | 112 | 246 | O | F | Japan (Okinawa) | Aug. 9, 2002 | |||||
| 66 | Japan | Haru Shimazu | July 7, 1892 | Dec. 14, 2004 | 112 | 160 | O | F | Japan (Kanagawa) | Jan. 16, 2003 | |||||
| 67 | Japan | Syun Suzuki | Sept. 25, 1892 | Dec. 17, 2004 | 112 | 83 | O | F | Japan (Yamagata) | Sept. 15, 2004 | |||||
| 68 | Japan | Kana Myazato | Sept. 27, 1892 | Dec. 15, 2002 | 110 | 79 | O | F | Japan (Okinawa) | Nov. 15, 2002 | |||||
| 69 | Japan | Yone Minagawa | Jan. 4, 1893 | 114* | O | F | lives in Japan (Fukuoka) | 112- | 1 | Sept. 15, 2004 | |||||
| 70 | Japan | Tane Komine | Mar. 18, 1893 | Mar. 14, 2005 | 111 | 361 | O | F | Japan (Saitama) | Sept. 15, 2004 | |||||
| 71 | Japan | Waki Muneta | Mar. 22, 1893 | Jan. 20, 2005 | 111 | 304 | O | F | Japan (Hiroshima) | Sept. 15, 2004 | |||||
| 72 | Japan | Fuji Nozawa | Sept. 20, 1893 | Sept. 6, 2004 | 110 | 352 | O | F | Japan (Gumma) | Sept. 15, 2004 | |||||
| 73 | Japan | Shizuko Oyama | Dec. 8, 1893 | May 14, 2005 | 111 | 157 | O | F | Japan (Okinawa) | Sept. 14, 2004 | |||||
| 74 | Japan | Kise Endoh | Dec. 28, 1893 | Mar. 3, 2005 | 111 | 65 | O | F | Japan (Fukushima) | Sept. 21, 2004 | |||||
| 75 | Japan | Shitsu Nakano | Jan. 1, 1894 | 113* | O | F | lives in Japan (Fukuoka) | 2 | Sept. 21, 2004 | ||||||
| 76 | Japan | Hisa Kurihara | Feb. 5, 1894 | Aug. 23, 2005 | 111 | 199 | O | F | Japan (Miyazaki) | Sept. 21, 2004 | |||||
| 77 | Japan | Tsuneyo Toyonaga | May 21, 1894 | 112* | O | F | lives in Japan (Kochi) | 3 | Sept. 21, 2004 | ||||||
| 78 | Japan | Haru Mori | May 28, 1894 | Apr. 16, 2006 | 111 | 323 | O | F | Japan (Kagawa) | Sept. 21, 2004 | |||||
| 79 | Japan | Yasu Nishiyama | Aug. 20, 1894 | Oct. 31, 2006 | 112 | 72 | O | F | Japan (Kagawa) | Sept. 21, 2004 | MHW, Japan/Ken Matsuoka | ||||
| 80 | Japan | Kaku Yamanaka | Dec. 11, 1894 | 112* | O | F | lives in Japan (Aichi) | 4 | Oct. 9, 2005 | ||||||
| 81 | Japan | Soyo Iwakura | Dec. 15, 1894 | Oct. 19, 2006 | 111 | 308 | O | F | Japan (Niigata) | Oct. 11, 2005 | MHW, Japan/Ken Matsuoka/Robert Young | ||||
| 82 | Japan | Kohachi Shigetaka | May 10, 1895 | July 3, 2005 | 110 | 54 | O | M | Japan | July 3, 2005 | MHW, Japan | ||||
| 83 | Japan | Suhe Yamada | June 5, 1895 | Mar. 5, 2006 | 110 | 273 | O | F | Japan (Nagano) | Oct. 13, 2005 | |||||
| 84 | Japan | Nijiro Tokuda | June 10, 1895 | June 12, 2006 | 111 | 2 | O | M | Japan | Sept. 20, 2005 | MHW, Japan/Louis Epstein | ||||
| 85 | Japan | Koyumi Inoue | July 18, 1895 | July 12, 2006 | 110 | 359 | O | F | Japan (Gifu) | Oct. 15, 2005 | MHW, Japan/Ken Matsuoka/Tomoko Adachi | ||||
| 86 | Japan | Kozuru Ueda | Aug. 1, 1895 | Apr. 10, 2007 | 111 | 252 | O | F | Japan (Miyazaki) | Oct. 16, 2005 | fl. Sept 2006 | ||||
| 87 | Japan | Chiyo Shiraishi | Aug. 6, 1895 | 111* | O | F | lives in Japan (Ibaraki) | 5 | Oct. 20, 2005 | ||||||
| 88 | Japan | Natsu Kumagawa | Aug. 9, 1895 | Sept. 30, 2005 | 110 | 52 | O | F | Japan (Saga) | Oct. 23, 2005 | MHW, Japan/Ken Matsuoka/Todd Hamish | ||||
| 89 | Japan | Tomoji Tanabe | Sept. 18, 1895 | 111* | O | M | lives in Japan (Miyazaki) | 6 | Oct. 30, 2005 | ||||||
| 90 | Japan | Tama Higuchi | Oct. 15, 1895 | 111* | O | F | lives in Japan (Aichi) | 7 | Sept. 17, 2006 | MHW, Japan/Ken Matsuoka/Robert Young | |||||
| 91 | Japan | Kiku Okhuma | Nov. 18, 1895 | Jan. 31, 2006 | 110 | 74 | O | f | lives in Japan (Kyoto) | Oct. 31, 2006 | Ken Matsuoka/Tomoko Adachi/Robert Young/MHW, Japan | ||||
| 92 | Japan | Yoshino Ide | Jan. 1, 1896 | 111* | O | F | lives in Japan (Hyogo) | 8 | Sept. 23, 2006 | MHW, Japan/Ken Matsuoka/Robert Young | |||||
| tie | Japan | Naka Matsusaki | Jan. 1, 1896 | Mar. 9, 2007 | 111 | 67 | O | F | Japan (Chiba) | Oct. 13, 2006 | MHW, Japan/Ken Matsuoka/Robert Young | ||||
| 94 | Japan | Yukino Matsuoka | Jan. 2, 1896 | 111* | O | F | lives in Japan (Hyogo) | 9 | Oct. 15, 2006 | MHW, Japan/Ken Matsuoka/Robert Young | |||||
| 95 | Japan | Shitsu Fuchikami | Jan. 5, 1896 | Oct. 6, 2006 | 110 | 274 | O | F | Japan (Saga) | Nov. 10, 2006 | Tomoko Adachi/Ken Matsuoka/Robert Young/MHW, Japan | ||||
| 96 | Japan | Miyae Nishiyama | Jan. 10, 1896 | 111* | O | F | lives in Japan (Wakayama) | 10 | Oct. 21, 2006 | MHW, Japan/Ken Matsuoka/Robert Young | |||||
| 97 | Japan | Kuni Numata | Feb. 1, 1896 | 111* | O | F | lives in Japan (Osaka) | 11 | Oct. 24, 2006 | MHW, Japan/Ken Matsuoka/Robert Young | |||||
| 98 | Japan | Mago Nozawa | Feb. 9, 1896 | 111* | O | F | lives in Japan (Kagoshima) | 12 | Oct. 27, 2006 | MHW, Japan/Ken Matsuoka/Robert Young | |||||
| 99 | Japan | Kane Kagaya | Feb. 18, 1896 | 111* | O | F | lives in Japan (Kushiro) | 13 | Oct. 29, 2006 | MHW, Japan/Ken Matsuoka/Robert Young | |||||
| ## | Japan | Tsuyano Watanabe | Feb. 20, 1896 | 111* | O | F | lives in Japan (Tokushima) | 14 | Oct. 30, 2006 | MHW, Japan/Ken Matsuoka/Robert Young | |||||
| ## | Japan | Hisa Tokumoto | Feb. 25, 1896 | 111* | O | F | lives in Japan (Yamaguchi) | 15 | Nov. 7, 2006 | MHW, Japan/Ken Matsuoka/Robert Young | |||||
| tie | Japan | Matsu Tsuru | Feb. 25, 1896 | 111* | O | F | lives in Japan (Fukuoka) | tie | Nov. 9, 2006 | MHW, Japan/Ken Matsuoka/Robert Young | |||||
| ## | Japan | Kane Azakawa | Feb. 27, 1896 | 111* | O | F | lives in Japan (Chiba) | 17 | Nov. 11, 2006 | MHW, Japan/Ken Matsuoka/Robert Young | |||||
| ## | Japan | Chisato Sato | Mar. 1, 1896 | 111* | O | F | lives in Japan (Fukuoka) | 18 | Nov. 17, 2006 | MHW, Japan/Ken Matsuoka/Robert Young | |||||
| ## | Japan | Sukesaburo Nakanishi | Mar. 15, 1896 | 111* | O | M | lives in Japan (Shiga) | 19 | Sept. 16, 2006 | MHW, Japan/Ken Matsuoka/Robert Young | |||||
| ## | Japan | Kikue Kametsu | Mar. 23, 1896 | 111* | O | F | lives in Japan (Fukuoka) | 20 | Nov. 24, 2006 | MHW, Japan/Ken Matsuoka/Robert Young | |||||
| ## | Japan | Kov Kojima | Mar. 25, 1896 | 111* | O | F | lives in Japan (Chiba) | 21 | Nov. 30, 2006 | MHW, Japan/Ken Matsuoka/Robert Young | |||||
| tie | Japan | Kesa Eiei | Mar. 25, 1896 | 111* | O | F | lives in Japan (Kagoshima) | tie | Dec. 7, 2006 | MHW, Japan/Ken Matsuoka/Robert Young | |||||
| ## | Japan | Chiyo Ogata | Mar. 28, 1896 | 111* | O | F | lives in Japan (Kagoshima) | 23 | Jan. 11, 2007 | MHW, Japan/Ken Matsuoka/Robert Young | |||||
| ## | Japan | Katsuno Mizuno | Mar. 31, 1896 | 111* | O | F | lives in Japan (Aichi) | 24 | Mar. 3, 2007 | MHW, Japan/Ken Matsuoka/Robert Young | |||||
| validated emigrant cases | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Japan | Ito Konno Kinase | Dec. 31, 1889 | Jan. 24, 2003 | 113 | 24 | O | F | U.S. (HI) | May 9, 2002 | |||||
| validated incomplete cases (death date missing) | also called LIMBO cases | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Japan | Woto Michii | July 17, 1871 | fl. Sept 8 1981 | 110+ | 53+ | O | F | |||||||
| 2 | Japan | Utaro Tamura | Apr. 5, 1892 | fl. Jan 2003 | 110+ | 271+ | O | M | Japan (Tokyo) | Jan. 16, 2003 | |||||
| 3 | Japan | Naka Morii | Sept. 27, 1893 | Sept. 2005/Sept. 2006 | 112+ | + | O | F | Japan (Osaka) | Sept. 21, 2004 | |||||
| 4 | Japan | Masa Osada | Apr. 5, 1894 | 111* | O | F | lives in Japan (Tokyo) | 3 | Sept. 23, 2005 | ||||||
| 5 | Japan | Hanae Kondou | Apr. 21, 1894 | fl. Sept. 14, 2004 | 110 | + | O | F | Japan (Shizuoka) | Sept. 21, 2004 | |||||
| 6 | Japan | Kaya Itoh | Aug. 30, 1894 | fl. Sept. 14, 2004 | 110 | + | O | F | Japan (Saga) | Sept. 21, 2004 | |||||
| Limbo (no updates within past year, death unconfirmed) | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Japan | Kana Kiyan | Aug. 20, 1895 | fl. Sept. 2005 | 110+ | O | F | lives in Japan (Okinawa) | Oct. 29, 2005 | ||||||
| Pending Cases | |||||||||||||||
| Three Documents (awaiting document arrival) | |||||||||||||||
| Two Documents (two-star) | |||||||||||||||
| One Document (one-star) | |||||||||||||||
| Notes (no-star) | (no stars) | ||||||||||||||
| Japan | Hanayo Kami | Sept. 15, 1894 | Jan. 18, 2005 | 110 | 125 | O | F | U.S. (HI) | |||||||
| Japan | Yoki Koizumi | Feb. 3, 1895 | Mar. 8, 2005 | 110 | 33 | O | F | U.S. (HI) | |||||||
| Japan | Yotsu Heim | Apr. 28, 1895 | Sept. 30, 2005 | 110 | 155 | O | F | U.S. (FL) | news reports | ||||||
| Reported cases missing date of birth | |||||||||||||||
| limbo (no updates within 2 years) | |||||||||||||||
| 110th birthday not confirmed | |||||||||||||||
| Fui Seiko | Nov. 30, 1891 | fl. Sept. 2001 | 109+ | Japan (Kumamoto) | |||||||||||
| Tama Yamane | Feb. 16, 1892 | fl. Sept. 2001 | 109+ | Japan (Shizuoka) | |||||||||||
| Japan | Chojo Fukuhara | Oct. 12, 1895 | fl. Nov. 2005? | 110+ | O | M | Japan (Okinawa) | ||||||||
| demoted cases (reason for demotion) | |||||||||||||||
| problem cases (conflicting documents) | |||||||||||||||