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These are lists of ] ]s (people from ] who have attained the age of at least 110 years). The ] (GRG), an organization that tracks supercentenarians and validates their ages, has verified age claims for over 300 such old people from Japan. The oldest Japanese person on record was ], who died at the age of 117 years 27 days on 1 April 2015.<ref name="GRG">{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/TableE.html|title=Validated Living Supercentenarians|website=grg.org|publisher=]|date=25 September 2015}} The Gerontology Research Group lists people as living whose age has been validated and confirmed to be alive within the past year.</ref> The oldest living person on record in Japan is ], born on 4 August 1900 and aged {{Age in years and days|1900|8|4}}.

==Living Japanese supercentenarians==
{|class=wikitable
!Rank
!Name
!Sex
!Birth date
!Age as of {{date}}
!Prefecture of birth
!Prefecture of residence
|-
|1
|]<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|4 August 1900
|{{age in years and days|1900|8|4}}
|]
|Kagoshima
|-
|2
|Chiyo Miyako<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|2 May 1901
|{{age in years and days|1901|5|2}}
|(unknown)
|Kanagawa
|-
|3
|Toshie Yorimitsu<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|30 September 1901
|{{age in years and days|1901|9|30}}
|]
|]
|-
|4
|Matsuyo Kageyama<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|10 October 1901
|{{age in years and days|1901|10|10}}
|(unknown)
|]
|-
|5
|Mitsue Toyoda<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|15 February 1902
|{{age in years and days|1902|2|15}}
|(unknown)
|]
|-
|6
|Yukie Hino<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|17 April 1902
|{{age in years and days|1902|4|17}}
|(unknown)
|]
|-
|7
|Anonymous<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|7 September 1902
|{{age in years and days|1902|9|7}}
|(unknown)
|]
|-
|8
|Masa Iseri<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|19 September 1902
|{{age in years and days|1902|9|19}}
|(unknown)
|]
|-
|9
|Masayo Ito<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|1 October 1902
|{{age in years and days|1902|10|01}}
|(unknown)
|]
|-
|10
|Kane Tanaka<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|2 January 1903
|{{age in years and days|1903|1|2}}
|(unknown)
|]
|-
|11
|]<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|M
|13 March 1903
|{{age in years and days|1903|3|13}}
|]
|]
|-
|12
|Iso Nakamura<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|23 April 1903
|{{age in years and days|1903|4|23}}
|]
|Ishikawa
|-
|13
|Tae Ito<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|11 July 1903
|{{age in years and days|1903|7|11}}
|(unknown)
|]
|-
|14
|Shizue Nagata<ref name="city.yamaga.kumamoto.jp"></ref>
|align=center|F
|25 July 1903
|{{age in years and days|1903|7|25}}
|(unknown)
|Kumamoto
|-
|15
|Hatsuno Goto<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|1 September 1903
|{{age in years and days|1903|9|1}}
|Niigata
|]
|-
|16
|Tane Shimada<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|25 September 1903
|{{age in years and days|1903|9|25}}
|(unknown)
|]
|-
|17
|Anonymous<ref name="GRG"/><ref name="pref.chiba.lg.jp">{{cite web |url=http://www.pref.chiba.lg.jp/koufuku/press/2015/h27hyakusai.html |title=平成27年度老人の日記念百歳の高齢者に対する記念品贈呈について - 県内男女別最高齢者 (2015 Report on the oldest man and woman in Chiba Prefecture) |work=pref.chiba.lg.jp |date=11 September 2015 |accessdate=26 September 2015}} {{ja icon}}</ref>
|align=center|F
|12 January 1904
|{{age in years and days|1904|1|12}}
|(unknown)
|]
|-
|18
|Mumeno Sakurai<ref name="GRG"/><ref name="kengi-nakamura.txt-nifty.com"></ref><ref name="ww3.nhk.or.jp">{{cite web|url=http://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/maebashi/1064606481.html |title=県内の100歳以上1017人 (Report on residents of Gunma Prefecture aged 100 years or greater) |work=NHK News |date=15 September 2015 |accessdate=15 September 2015}} {{ja icon}}</ref>
|align=center|F
|7 February 1904
|{{age in years and days|1904|02|07}}
|(unknown)
|]
|-
|19
|Kuma Kobayashi<ref name="GRG"/><ref name="city.toyokawa.lg.jp2015">{{cite web|url=https://www.city.toyokawa.lg.jp/press/20170901_keirou.files/20180901_kourei1.pdf |title=平成27年度の敬老行事等について - 6: 市内最高齢者 (Report on the oldest people in Toyokawa City) |work=city.toyokawa.lg.jp |date=24 August 2015 |accessdate=17 September 2015}} {{ja icon}}</ref><ref name="city.toyokawa.lg.jp"> {{ja icon}}</ref>
|align=center|F
|8 February 1904
|{{age in years and days|1904|02|08}}
|(unknown)
|Aichi
|-
|20
|Mitsue Taiji<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|10 March 1904
|{{age in years and days|1904|3|10}}
|(unknown)
|]
|-
|21
|Tomoe Iwata<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|25 March 1904
|{{age in years and days|1904|3|25}}
|(unknown)
|Iwate
|-
|22
|Shin Matsushita<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|30 March 1904
|{{age in years and days|1904|3|30}}
|(unknown)
|Miyagi
|-
|23
|Nugi Ikeda<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|1 April 1904
|{{age in years and days|1904|4|1}}
|Nagasaki
|]
|-
|24
|Yoshiyo Bessho<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|1 April 1904
|{{age in years and days|1904|4|1}}
|(unknown)
|Okayama
|-
|25
|Take Tanaka<ref name="pref.osaka.lg.jp">{{cite web|url=http://www.pref.osaka.lg.jp/hodo/attach/hodo-21854_5.pdf |title=大阪府における百歳以上高齢者の状況について (Report on the oldest people in Osaka Prefecture) |work=pref.osaka.lg.jp |date=1 September 2015 |accessdate=13 September 2015}} {{ja icon}}</ref>
|align=center|F
|21 April 1904
|{{age in years and days|1904|4|21}}
|(unknown)
|]
|-
|26
|Tsuya Hayashi<ref name="pref.toyama.jp">{{cite web|url=http://www.pref.toyama.jp/cms_press/2015/20150911/00018076.pdf |title=News Release: 平成27年度百歳以上の高齢者の状況等について (2015 Report on the oldest people and residents aged 100 years and older in Toyama Prefecture) |work=pref.toyama.jp |date=11 September 2015 |accessdate=19 September 2015}} {{ja icon}}</ref>
|align=center|F
|26 April 1904
|{{age in years and days|1904|4|26}}
|(unknown)
|]
|-
|27
|Mumeno Shirai<ref name="pref.kagawa.lg.jp"></ref><ref name="shikoku-np.co.jp">{{cite web|url=http://www.shikoku-np.co.jp/kagawa_news/social/20150912000212 |title=100歳以上初の6万人超/香川は743人、過去最多 (Report on residents of Kagawa Prefecture aged 100 years and greater) |work=Shikoku News |date=12 September 2015 |accessdate=15 September 2015}} {{ja icon}}</ref>
|align=center|F
|19 May 1904
|{{age in years and days|1904|5|19}}
|(unknown)
|]
|-
|28
|Tomo Sato<ref name="pref.iwate.jp">{{cite web|url=http://www.pref.iwate.jp/dbps_data/_material_/_files/000/000/038/995/roujinshuukan2015.pdf |title=平成27年度 老人の日 - 老人週間関係資料: 県内の長寿者 (2015 Report on the oldest people in Iwate Prefecture) |work=pref.iwate.jp |date=15 September 2015 |accessdate=19 September 2015}} {{ja icon}}</ref>
|align=center|F
|6 September 1904
|{{age in years and days|1904|9|6}}
|(unknown)
|Iwate
|-
|29
|Hisa Arai<ref name="gifu-np.co.jp">{{cite web|url=http://www.gifu-np.co.jp/news/kennai/20150912/201509121211_25707.shtml |title=100歳以上、県内983人 1日時点、過去最多を更新 (Report on residents of Gifu Prefecture aged 100 years and older) |work=gifu-np.co.jp |publisher=岐阜新聞 Web |date=12 September 2015 |accessdate=15 September 2015}} {{ja icon}}</ref><ref name="pref.gifu.lg.jp"></ref>
|align=center|F
|10 September 1904
|{{age in years and days|1904|9|10}}
|(unknown)
|]
|-
|30
|Tetsu Ishii<ref name="mutusinpou.co.jp">{{cite web|url=http://www.mutusinpou.co.jp/news/2015/09/38024.html|title= 県内100歳以上493人 11年連続で過去最多 (Report on residents of Aomori Prefecture aged 100 years and older) |work=mutusinpou.co.jp |publisher=陸奥新報 News |date=12 September 2015 |accessdate=15 September 2015}} {{ja icon}}</ref>
|align=center|F
|15 September 1904
|{{age in years and days|1904|9|15}}
|(unknown)
|]
|-
|31
|Asaki Miyagi<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huoa.org/nuuzi/uchinanchu/2015/uchi_2015_03MarApr.pdf |title=HUOA Monday Crafters Spread Aloha - From Hawaii... to Okinawa |website=www.huoa.org |publisher=Uchinanchu - Hawaii United Okinawa Association |date=March 2015 |accessdate=12 September 2015}}</ref>
|align=center|M
|15 November 1904
|{{age in years and days|1904|11|15}}
|(unknown)
|Okinawa
|-
|32
|Kuni Onose<ref name="city.hitachiomiya.lg.jp">{{cite web|url=http://www.city.hitachiomiya.lg.jp/data/doc/1432278915_doc_1_5.pdf |title=県内最高齢 (Report on the oldest person in Ibaraki Prefecture) |work=city.hitachiomiya.lg.jp |page=8 |date=May 2015 |accessdate=12 September 2015}} {{ja icon}}</ref>
|align=center|F
|31 December 1904
|{{age in years and days|1904|12|31}}
|(unknown)
|]
|-
|33
|Shigeyo Nakachi<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saga-s.co.jp/news/saga/10105/226057 |title=秀島市長、110歳中地さんをお祝い - 佐賀市最高齢者 (Mayor Hideshima visits Saga City's oldest person, 110 year-old Shigeyo Nakachi) |website=saga-s.co.jp |publisher=The Saga Shimbun |date=4 September 2015 |accessdate=30 September 2015}} {{ja icon}}</ref>
|align=center|F
|1 February 1905
|{{age in years and days|1905|2|1}}
|(unknown)
|Saga
|-
|34
|Etsu Nishiura<ref>{{cite web|url=http://792.jp/diary/diary.cgi?mode=main&year=15&mon=10&day=7 |title=第53回 金婚式・長寿を祝う会 |trans-title=53rd Golden Wedding Anniversary and Longevity Celebrations |work=FM 79.2 CYAO - Yao Community FM Station |date=7 October 2015 |accessdate=24 October 2015}} {{ja icon}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city.yao.osaka.jp/0000027026.html |title=長生きの秘訣は「みんなへの感謝の気持ち」 - ~八尾市長が市内最高齢者を訪問~ |trans-title=The secret to longevity is "gratitude to everyone." - Mayor of Yao City visits the city's oldest person |work=八尾市 The Official Site of Yao City |date=25 September 2014 |accessdate=24 October 2015}} {{ja icon}}</ref>
|align=center|F
|19 February 1905
|{{age in years and days|1905|2|19}}
|(unknown)
|Osaka
|-
|35
|Satoru Tomizawa<ref name="pref.chiba.lg.jp"/>
|align=center|M
|10 March 1905
|{{age in years and days|1905|3|10}}
|(unknown)
|Chiba
|-
|36
|Yasu Agu
|align=center|F
|1 April 1905
|{{age in years and days|1905|4|1}}
|(unknown)
|Kyoto
|-
|37
|Teru Hatakeyama<ref name="dd.hokkaido-np.co.jp">{{cite web|url=http://dd.hokkaido-np.co.jp/news/life-topic/life-topic/1-0178383.html |title=100歳以上、全国6万人超す 女性87%、北海道内2830人 |work=dd.hokkaido-np.co.jp |publisher=The Hokkaido Shimbun Press |date=11 September 2015 |accessdate=12 September 2015}} {{ja icon}}</ref>
|align=center|F
|20 July 1905<ref>{{cite web|url=http://numatakouhou.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-430.html |title=旭寿園で畠山てるさんの108歳のお祝い |work=numatakouhou.blog.fc2.com |date=24 July 2013 |accessdate=12 September 2015}} {{ja icon}}</ref>
|{{age in years and days|1905|7|20}}
|(unknown)
|]
|-
|38
|Masazou Nonaka<ref>{{cite web|url=http://meakan-shizen.sblo.jp/archives/201507-1.html |title=めあかん折々 |publisher=Meakan-shizen.sblo.jp |date=1999-02-22 |accessdate=2015-09-06}}</ref>
|align=center|M
|25 July 1905
|{{age in years and days|1905|7|25}}
|Hokkaidō<ref>{{cite web|author=hombetu |url=http://hombetu.exblog.jp/23378852 |title=道内最高齢は109歳の野中正造さん : 本別ブログ(ふるさと・東京本別会) |work=Hombetu.exblog.jp |date=2014-09-15 |accessdate=2015-09-06}}</ref>
|Hokkaidō
|-
|39
|Kikuno Yamamoto<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www3.nhk.or.jp/sapporo-news/20150911/4799471.html |title=100歳以上高齢者 過去最多 (2015 Report on residents of Hokkaidō Prefecture aged 100 years and older) |website=nhk.or.jp |publisher=NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) |date=11 September 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914221213/http://www3.nhk.or.jp/sapporo-news/20150911/4799471.html |archivedate=14 September 2015}} {{ja icon}}</ref>
|align=center|F
|27 July 1905<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.town.shari.hokkaido.jp/30koho/10koho_shari/2005/files/koho05-10-12-16.pdf |title=ご長寿おめでとうございます。 (Congratulations to the oldest people in Shari for their longevity) |website=town.shari.hokkaido.jp |publisher=広報しゃり (Shari Public Relations Report) |page=13 |date=12 October 2005 |accessdate=26 September 2015}} {{ja icon}}</ref>
|{{age in years and days|1905|7|27}}
|(unknown)
|Hokkaidō
|-
|40
|Tsukimi Kishi<ref name="tochigi.jp">{{cite press release|url=http://www.city.oyama.tochigi.jp/shichonoheya/kisyakaiken.files/201508kaiken.pdf |title=記者会見資料 - 市内最高齢者 |trans-title=Press Conference - Oyama City's oldest resident |website=city.oyama.tochigi.jp |agency=] |date=17 August 2015 |accessdate=19 October 2015}} {{ja icon}}</ref>
|align=center|F
|31 August 1905
|{{age in years and days|1905|8|31}}
|(unknown)
|]
|-
|41
|Sahae Kawabata<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city.shikokuchuo.ehime.jp/smph/machinowadai/2015/H2709saikoureisya.html |title=市内最高齢者にお祝い状を贈呈~市内各地で敬老会~ (Celebrating Shikokuchuo's oldest person) |work=city.shikokuchuo.ehime.jp |date=9 September 2015 |accessdate=30 September 2015}} {{ja icon}}</ref>
|align=center|F
|3 September 1905
|{{age in years and days|1905|9|3}}
|(unknown)
|]
|-
|42
|Toichi Sasaki<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pref.miyagi.jp/uploaded/attachment/324621.pdf |title=県内最高齢者 (Report on the oldest living male in Miyagi Prefecture) |work=pref.miyagi.jp |accessdate=12 September 2015}} {{ja icon}}</ref>
|align=center|M
|4 September 1905
|{{age in years and days|1905|9|4}}
|(unknown)
|Miyagi
|-
|43
|Mumenno Ito<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tuy.co.jp/program/news/localnews/50081/ |title=県内2番目109歳の女性 長寿の秘訣は? |trans-title=What is the secret to longevity of Yamagata Prefecture's 109 year-old, second-oldest woman? |work=TV-U Yamagata (TUY) |date=21 September 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922234826/http://www.tuy.co.jp/program/news/localnews/50081/ |archivedate=22 September 2015 |accessdate=24 October 2015}} {{ja icon}}</ref>
|align=center|F
|7 October 1905
|{{age in years and days|1905|10|7}}
|(unknown)
|]
|-
|44
|Kiku Morita
|align=center|F
|20 October 1905
|{{age in years and days|1905|10|20}}
|(unknown)
|Kyoto
|-
|45
|Kimi Asanuma<ref name="city.machida.tokyo.jp">{{cite journal|url=https://www.city.machida.tokyo.jp/shisei/koho/koho/kouhoushi/koho_machida/2015/20150921.files/15-0921-P01.pdf |title=市内最高齢の方は浅沼キミさん109歳 ー 市長が記念品を贈呈 |trans-title=Mayor of Machida City presents a commemorative gift to Kimi Asanuma, 109, the oldest person in the city |journal=広報 まちだ |publisher=Machida Public Relations Department |date=21 September 2015 |accessdate=9 November 2015}} {{ja icon}}</ref>
|align=center|F
|3 November 1905
|{{age in years and days|1905|11|03}}
|(unknown)
|Tokyo
|-
|46
|Mina Kitagawa<ref name="pref.shiga.lg.jp">{{cite press release|url=http://www.pref.shiga.lg.jp/e/lakadia/koureisya.html |title=県内の高齢者の状況等について ~老人の日にちなんで~ - 県内男女最高齢者 |trans-title=Honoring the oldest people in Shiga Prefecture - Prefecture's oldest men and women |work=Shiga Prefecture Shimbun |date=11 September 2015 |accessdate=9 November 2015}} {{ja icon}}</ref>
|align=center|F
|3 November 1905
|{{age in years and days|1905|11|03}}
|(unknown)
|]
|-
|47
|Minoe Kageyama<ref name="yomiuri.co.jp">{{cite web|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/miyazaki/news/20150915-OYTNT50052.html |title=県内100歳以上最多813人 最高齢、小林の蔭山さん109歳 |trans-title=Report on residents of Miyazaki Prefecture aged 100 years and older, and the oldest living person in the prefecture |work=The Yomiuri Shimbun |date=16 September 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150917025025/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/miyazaki/news/20150915-OYTNT50052.html |archivedate=17 September 2015 |accessdate=16 September 2015}} {{ja icon}}</ref>
|align=center|F
|5 November 1905<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cms.city.kobayashi.lg.jp/display.php?cont=140926104218 |title=県内最高齢108歳。蔭山蓑絵さんをお祝い |trans-title=Celebrating Minoe Kageyama, 108, as the oldest in Miyazaki Prefecture |work=Kobayashi City News |date=October 2014 |accessdate=9 November 2015}} {{ja icon}}</ref>
|{{age in years and days|1905|11|05}}
|(unknown)
|]
|-
|48
|Misao Ueki<ref name="pref.shiga.lg.jp"/>
|align=center|F
|7 November 1905
|{{age in years and days|1905|11|07}}
|(unknown)
|Shiga
|-
|49
|Tsuya Kameda<ref name="pref.mie.lg.jp">{{cite web|url=http://www.pref.mie.lg.jp/TOPICS/201509018920.pdf |title=(参考資料) 平成27年度県内長寿者の状況 (2015 Report on the oldest living people in Mie Prefecture) |work=pref.mie.lg.jp |date=1 September 2015 |accessdate=17 September 2015}} {{ja icon}}</ref>
|align=center|F
|24 November 1905
|{{age in years and days|1905|11|24}}
|(unknown)
|]
|}

==100 oldest Japanese people on record==
Below is a list of 100 supercentenarians who were born in Japan and are living in or have died in Japan. Entries for people who are living are rendered ''in italics''.
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Rank
!Name
!Sex
!Birth date
!Death date
!Age {{Ref label|Age|†}}
!Prefecture of birth
!Prefecture of death
|-
|1
|]<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|5 March 1898
|1 April 2015
|117 years, 27 days
|]
|Osaka
|-
|2
|]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"> Retrieved 12 May 2011.</ref>
|align=center|F
|18 January 1879
|12 July 1995
|116 years, 175 days
|]
|Aichi
|-
|3
|]<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|M
|19 April 1897
|12 June 2013
|116 years, 54 days
|]
|Kyoto
|-
|4
|Anonymous<ref name="GRG"/><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.mhlw.go.jp/file/04-Houdouhappyou-12304250-Roukenkyoku-Koureishashienka/0000022849_2.pdf |title=国内最高齢者ご逝去について |trans_title=News Release on the death of Japan's oldest person |agency=] |date=28 September 2015 |accessdate=28 September 2015}} {{ja icon}}</ref>
|align=center|F
|15 March 1900
|27 September 2015
|115 years, 196 days
|(unknown)
|]
|- style="font-style:italic;"
|5
|]<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|4 August 1900
|Living
|{{Age in years and days|1900|8|4}}
|]
|Living in Kagoshima
|-
|6
|]<ref></ref>
|align=center|F
|24 December 1897
|12 January 2013
|115 years, 19 days
|]
|]
|-
|7
|]<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2011"></ref>
|align=center|F
|20 November 1896
|2 December 2011
|115 years, 12 days
|]
|Saga
|-
|8
|]<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2010"> Retrieved 12 May 2011.</ref>
|align=center|F
|10 May 1895
|2 May 2010
|114 years, 357 days
|]
|Okinawa
|-
|9
|Kiyoko Ishiguro<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|4 March 1901
|5 December 2015
|114 years, 276 days
|(unknown)
|Kanagawa
|-
|10
|Hide Ohira<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|F
|15 September 1880
|9 May 1995
|114 years, 236 days
|]
|Wakayama
|- style="font-style:italic;"
|11
|Chiyo Miyako<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|2 May 1901
|Living
|{{Age in years and days|1901|5|2}}
|(unknown)
|Living in Kanagawa
|-
|12
|]<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2007"> Retrieved 12 May 2011.</ref>
|align=center|F
|4 January 1893
|13 August 2007
|114 years, 221 days
|]
|Fukuoka
|-
|13
|]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|F
|30 August 1890
|5 April 2005
|114 years, 218 days
|]
|Fukuoka
|-
|14
|]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|F
|11 May 1884
|18 November 1998
|114 years, 191 days
|]
|Tokyo
|-
|15
|]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|M
|23 March 1889
|28 September 2003
|114 years, 189 days
|Fukuoka
|Fukuoka
|-
|16
|Kame Nakamura<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2012"></ref>
|align=center|F
|8 March 1898
|12 September 2012
|114 years, 188 days
|Okinawa
|Okinawa
|-
|17
|]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|F
|15 May 1889
|13 November 2003
|114 years, 182 days
|Hiroshima
|Hiroshima
|-
|18
|Chiyo Shiraishi<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|F
|6 August 1895
|19 November 2009
|114 years, 105 days
|]
|Ibaraki
|-
|19
|Asa Takii<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|F
|28 April 1884
|31 July 1998
|114 years, 94 days
|Hiroshima
|Hiroshima
|-
|20
|Waka Shirahama<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|F
|23 March 1878
|16 June 1992
|114 years, 85 days
|Kagoshima
|]
|- style="font-style:italic;"
|21
|Toshie Yorimitsu<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|30 September 1901
|Living
|{{age in years and days|1901|9|30}}
|Kōchi
|Living in Okinawa
|- style="font-style:italic;"
|22
|Matsuyo Kageyama<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|10 October 1901
|Living
|{{age in years and days|1901|10|10}}
|(unknown)
|Living in Kyoto
|-
|23
|Suekiku Miyanaga<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|F
|7 April 1884
|20 June 1998
|114 years, 74 days
|(unknown)
|Kagoshima
|-
|24
|Shige Hirooka<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2011"/>
|align=center|F
|16 January 1897
|29 March 2011
|114 years, 72 days
|(unknown)
|Osaka
|-
|25
|Hatsue Ono<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2012"/>
|align=center|F
|31 October 1898
|17 October 2012
|113 years, 352 days
|Iwate
|]
|-
|26
|Yasu Akino<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|F
|1 March 1885
|12 February 1999
|113 years, 348 days
|(unknown)
|]
|- style="font-style:italic;"
|27
|Mitsue Toyoda<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|15 February 1902
|Living
|{{age in years and days|1902|2|15}}
|(unknown)
|Living in Ōita
|-
|28
|Tsuneyo Toyonaga<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2008"> Retrieved 12 May 2011.</ref>
|align=center|F
|21 May 1894
|22 February 2008
|113 years, 277 days
|(unknown)
|Kōchi
|-
|29
|]<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2009"> Retrieved 12 May 2011.</ref>
|align=center|M
|18 September 1895
|19 June 2009
|113 years, 274 days
|Miyazaki
|Miyazaki
|-
|30
|Mitsue Nagasaki<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|18 September 1899
|17 June 2013
|113 years, 272 days
|Kumamoto
|Hiroshima
|- style="font-style:italic;"
|31
|Yukie Hino<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|17 April 1902
|Living
|{{Age in years and days|1902|4|17}}
|(unknown)
|Living in Niigata
|-
|32
|Shitsu Nakano<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2007"/>
|align=center|F
|1 January 1894
|19 August 2007
|113 years, 230 days
|Fukuoka
|Fukuoka
|-
|33
|Koito Furukawa<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|8 May 1901
|11 October 2014
|113 years, 156 days
|(unknown)
|]
|-
|34
|Yoshino Tanaka<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|3 March 1900
|30 July 2013
|113 years, 149 days
|Okinawa
|Nagasaki
|-
|35
|Terue Ashida<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|20 September 1899
|15 February 2013
|113 years, 148 days
|Hyōgo
|Hyōgo
|-
|36
|Komiya Miyazaki<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2011"/>
|align=center|F
|20 August 1897
|4 January 2011
|113 years, 137 days
|(unknown)
|Hiroshima
|-
|37
|Mise Ito<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|F
|6 November 1890
|18 March 2004
|113 years, 133 days
|(unknown)
|Shizuoka
|-
|38
|Jun Kitamasu<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|2 March 1900
|11 July 2013
|113 years, 131 days
|(unknown)
|Hiroshima
|-
|39
|Kaku Yamanaka<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2008"/>
|align=center|F
|11 December 1894
|5 April 2008
|113 years, 116 days
|Aichi
|Aichi
|- style="font-style:italic;"
|40
|Anonymous<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|7 September 1902
|Living
|{{age in years and days|1902|9|7}}
|(unknown)
|Living in Nara
|-
|41
|Sue Utagawa<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|F
|19 January 1884
|4 May 1997
|113 years, 105 days
|Yamaguchi
|Yamaguchi
|-
|42
|Niwa Kawamoto<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|F
|5 August 1863
|16 November 1976
|113 years, 103 days
|(unknown)
|]
|-
|43
|Tome Takaoka<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2012"/>
|align=center|F
|1 January 1899
|12 April 2012
|113 years, 102 days
|(unknown)
|Ibaraki
|- style="font-style:italic;"
|44
|Masa Iseri<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|19 September 1902
|Living
|{{age in years and days|1902|9|19}}
|(unknown)
|Living in Kumamoto
|-
|45
|Kame Takamiyagi<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2012"/>
|align=center|F
|10 June 1899
|10 September 2012
|113 years, 92 days
|(unknown)
|Okinawa
|-
|46
|Chiyono Ohta<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2010"/>
|align=center|F
|1 November 1896
|25 January 2010
|113 years, 85 days
|(unknown)
|]
|- style="font-style:italic;"
|47
|Masayo Ito<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|1 October 1902
|Living
|{{Age in years and days|1902|10|01}}
|(unknown)
|Living in Miyagi
|-
|48
|Mie Ishiguro<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|F
|2 June 1888
|14 August 2001
|113 years, 73 days
|Hokkaidō
|Hokkaidō
|-
|49
|Hina Shikawatari<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2012"/>
|align=center|F
|1 January 1899
|15 February 2012
|113 years, 45 days
|(unknown)
|Ishikawa
|-
|50
|Yoshino Ide<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2009"/>
|align=center|F
|1 January 1896
|28 January 2009
|113 years, 27 days
|(unknown)
|Hyōgo
|-
|51
|Tase Hayasaka<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|F
|1 July 1885
|23 July 1998
|113 years, 22 days
|(unknown)
|Niigata
|-
|rowspan=2|52
|Kou Iijima<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2009"/>
|align=center|F
|25 March 1896
|22 March 2009
|112 years, 362 days
|(unknown)
|Chiba
|-
|Kitsuyo Yamamoto<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|12 March 1902
|9 March 2015
|112 years, 362 days
|(unknown)
|Shimane
|- style="font-style:italic;"
|54
|Kane Tanaka<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|2 January 1903
|Living
|{{Age in years and days|1903|1|2}}
|(unknown)
|Living in Fukuoka
|-
|55
|Yaoe Koda<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2011"/>
|align=center|F
|1 July 1898
|9 June 2011
|112 years, 343 days
|(unknown)
|Kōchi
|-
|56
|Sugino Tamai<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|9 March 1902
|14 February 2015
|112 years, 342 days
|Shiga
|Hyōgo
|-
|57
|Matsu Kayo<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|F
|9 January 1886
|13 December 1998
|112 years, 338 days
|Okinawa
|Okinawa
|-
|58
|Chikao Beppu<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2010"/>
|align=center|F
|28 March 1897
|17 February 2010
|112 years, 326 days
|(unknown)
|Kagoshima
|-
|59
|Toyo Endo<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|F
|13 February 1892
|3 January 2005
|112 years, 325 days
|(unknown)
|Shizuoka
|-
|60
|Matsuno Oikawa<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|F
|20 February 1889
|3 January 2002
|112 years, 317 days
|(unknown)
|Iwate
|-
|61
|Hanae Kimura<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|8 August 1901
|16 June 2014
|112 years, 312 days
|(unknown)
|Tokushima
|-
|62
|Yoki Yonehara<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|F
|2 March 1892
|4 January 2005
|112 years, 308 days
|(unknown)
|Shimane
|-
|63
|Hiro Nakae<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2011"/>
|align=center|F
|20 October 1898
|19 August 2011
|112 years, 303 days
|(unknown)
|Hiroshima
|- style="font-style:italic;"
|64
|]<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|M
|13 March 1903
|Living
|{{age in years and days|1903|3|13}}
|Fukui
|Living in Aichi
|-
|65
|Suma Tamagawa<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2011"/>
|align=center|F
|14 March 1899
|23 December 2011
|112 years, 284 days
|(unknown)
|Iwate
|-
|66
|Yoneno Kouno<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|7 August 1902
|24 April 2015
|112 years, 260 days
|(unknown)
|]
|-
|rowspan=2|67
|Kame Higa<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|F
|22 June 1892
|23 February 2005
|112 years, 246 days
|Okinawa
|Okinawa
|-
|Takeno Fujita<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2012"/>
|align=center|F
|1 December 1899
|3 August 2012
|112 years, 246 days
|(unknown)
|Ehime
|-
|69
|Ine Atarashiya<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2012"/>
|align=center|F
|6 September 1899
|8 May 2012
|112 years, 245 days
|(unknown)
|Yamaguchi
|- style="font-style:italic;"
|70
|Iso Nakamura<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|23 April 1903
|Living
|{{age in years and days|1903|4|23}}
|Ishikawa
|Living in Ishikawa
|-
|71
|Hana Shindo<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|29 October 1901
|20 June 2014
|112 years, 234 days
|(unknown)
|Saitama
|-
|72
|Sute Sato<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|15 October 1902
|29 May 2015
|112 years, 226 days
|(unknown)
|Fukushima
|-
|73
|Woteru Takiguchi<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2012"/>
|align=center|F
|19 April 1900
|30 November 2012
|112 years, 225 days
|(unknown)
|Tokyo
|-
|74
|Usa Higa<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2011"/>
|align=center|F
|21 March 1899
|7 October 2011
|112 years, 200 days
|(unknown)
|Okinawa
|-
|75
|]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|M
|20 October 1886
|29 April 1999
|112 years, 191 days
|(unknown)
|Ibaraki
|-
|76
|Shizue Hasegawa<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|F
|27 January 1885
|31 July 1997
|112 years, 185 days
|(unknown)
|Hiroshima
|-
|77
|Yasuno Kawamoto<ref name="GRG"/><ref name="ubenippo.co.jp">{{cite web|url=http://ubenippo.co.jp/local/県内最高齢、山陽小野田の川本さん死去/ |title=県内最高齢、山陽小野田の川本さん死去 (Sanyo-Onoda City's Yasuno Kawamoto, Yamaguchi Prefecture's oldest, has died) |website=ubenippo.co.jp |publisher=宇部日報社 (The Ube Daily) |date=1 October 2015 |accessdate=1 October 2015}} {{ja icon}}</ref>
|align=center|F
|15 April 1903
|29 September 2015
|112 years, 167 days
|Okayama
|Yamaguchi
|- style="font-style:italic;"
|78
|Tae Ito<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|11 July 1903
|Living
|{{Age in years and days|1903|7|11}}
|(unknown)
|Living in Iwate
|-
|79
|Haru Shimazu<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|F
|7 July 1892
|14 December 2004
|112 years, 160 days
|(unknown)
|Kanagawa
|-
|80
|]<ref name="GRG"/><ref></ref>
|align=center|M
|5 February 1903
|5 July 2015
|112 years, 150 days
|Fukushima
|Saitama
|-
|81
|Sawayo Tanaka<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|F
|9 June 1891
|1 November 2003
|112 years, 145 days
|(unknown)
|Fukuoka
|-
|82
|Natsuko Fujiwara<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|29 September 1901
|23 January 2014
|112 years, 116 days
|(unknown)
|Hiroshima
|- style="font-style:italic;"
|83
|Hatsuno Goto<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|1 September 1903
|Living
|{{age in years and days|1903|9|1}}
|Niigata
|Living in Tokyo
|-
|84
|Chiyo Kowada<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|F
|16 September 1886
|31 December 1998
|112 years, 106 days
|(unknown)
|Fukushima
|- style="font-style:italic;"
|85
|Tane Shimada<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|25 September 1903
|Living
|{{age in years and days|1903|9|25}}
|(unknown)
|Living in Saitama
|-
|86
|]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|M
|30 October 1884
|24 January 1997
|112 years, 86 days
|Okinawa
|Okinawa
|-
|87
|Syun Suzuki<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|F
|25 September 1892
|17 December 2004
|112 years, 83 days
|(unknown)
|Yamagata
|-
|88
|Yasu Nishiyama<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|F
|20 August 1894
|31 October 2006
|112 years, 72 days
|(unknown)
|]
|-
|89
|Aino Matsuoka<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|3 September 1903
|13 November 2015
|112 years, 71 days
|(unknown)
|Hyōgo
|-
|90
|Mito Umeta<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|F
|27 March 1863
|31 May 1975
|112 years, 65 days
|(unknown)
|Kumamoto
|-
|91
|Gozei Higa<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2009"/>
|align=center|F
|10 October 1897
|11 December 2009
|112 years, 62 days
|(unknown)
|Okinawa
|-
|92
|Sou Osada<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|2 January 1901
|9 February 2013
|112 years, 38 days
|(unknown)
|Aichi
|-
|93
|Tadanosuke Hashimoto<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|M
|27 April 1891
|31 May 2003
|112 years, 34 days
|(unknown)
|Hyōgo
|-
|94
|Kumekichi Tani<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|M
|20 April 1891
|12 May 2003
|112 years, 22 days
|(unknown)
|Tokushima
|-
|95
|Tane Komine<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
|align=center|F
|18 March 1893
|6 April 2005
|112 years, 19 days
|(unknown)
|Saitama
|-
|96
|Sotomi Hara<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|7 June 1902
|23 June 2014
|112 years, 16 days
|(unknown)
|Nagano
|-
|97
|Shika Shimada<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2010"/>
|align=center|F
|7 July 1898
|20 July 2010
|112 years, 13 days
|(unknown)
|Nagasaki
|-
|98
|Tsuji Takano<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2009"/>
|align=center|F
|7 June 1897
|17 June 2009
|112 years, 10 days
|(unknown)
|Niigata
|-
|99
|Miyae Nishiyama<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2008"/>
|align=center|F
|10 January 1896
|16 January 2008
|112 years, 6 days
|(unknown)
|Wakayama
|-
|100
|Yoshi Kitamura<ref name="GRG"/>
|align=center|F
|1 June 1901
|29 May 2013
|111 years, 362 days
|(unknown)
|Hyōgo
|}
<small>
†{{note|Age}} denotes age at death, or, if living, age as of {{date}}
</small>

==Japanese emigrant supercentenarians==
* Ito Konno Kinase (31 December 1889 — 24 January 2003) was born in ]. She was 113 years, 24 days old when she passed away in the United States.<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in Japan"/>
* Tameko Shijo (born 1 January 1904) was born in ] and lives in the United States. She is {{age in years and days|1904|1|1}} old.<ref>, ''supercentenarian-research-foundation.org''</ref>

==Chronological list of the oldest living person in Japan since 1992==
{|class="wikitable"
!From
!To
!Name
!Sex
!Age(s)<br> when oldest
!Reported lifespan
!Prefecture of death
|-
|Unidentified
|16 June 1992
|Waka Shirahama<ref name="JapaneseCent.htm"> Retrieved 13 November 2015.</ref>
|align=center|F
|? &ndash; 114
|23 March 1878 &ndash; 16 June 1992<br> 114 years, 85 days
|Miyazaki
|-
|16 June 1992
|12 July 1995<br> ({{age in years and days|1992|6|16|1995|7|12}})
|]<ref name="JapaneseCent.htm" />
|align=center|F
|113 &ndash; 116
|18 January 1879 &ndash; 12 July 1995<br> 116 years, 175 days
|Aichi
|-
|12 July 1995
|4 May 1997<br> ({{age in years and days|1995|7|12|1997|5|4}})
|Sue Utagawa<ref name="JapaneseCent.htm" />
|align=center|F
|111 &ndash; 113
|19 January 1884 &ndash; 4 May 1997<br> 113 years, 105 days
|Yamaguchi
|-
|4 May 1997
|20 June 1998<br> ({{age in years and days|1997|5|4|1998|6|20}})
|Suekiku Miyanaga<ref name="JapaneseCent.htm" />
|align=center|F
|113 &ndash; 114
|7 April 1884 &ndash; 20 June 1998<br> 114 years, 74 days
|Kagoshima
|-
|20 June 1998
|31 July 1998<br> ({{age in days|1998|6|20|1998|7|31}} days)
|Asa Takii<ref name="JapaneseCent.htm" />
|align=center|F
|114
|28 April 1884 &ndash; 31 July 1998<br> 114 years, 94 days
|Hiroshima
|-
|31 July 1998
|18 November 1998<br> ({{age in days|1998|7|31|1998|11|18}} days)
|]<ref name="JapaneseCent.htm" />
|align=center|F
|114
|11 May 1884 &ndash; 18 November 1998<br> 114 years, 191 days
|Niigata
|-
|18 November 1998
|12 February 1999<br> ({{age in days|1998|11|18|1999|2|12}} days)
|Yasu Akino<ref></ref>
|align=center|F
|113
|1 March 1885 &ndash; 12 February 1999<br> 113 years, 348 days
|Shizuoka
|-
|12 February 1999
|29 April 1999<br> ({{age in days|1999|2|12|1999|4|29}} days)
|]<ref name="Denzo Ishizaki" />
|align=center|M
|112
|20 October 1886 &ndash; 29 April 1999<br> 112 years, 191 days
|Ibaraki
|-
|29 April 1999
|6 August 1999<br> ({{age in days|1999|4|29|1999|8|6}} days)
|Kayo Fujii
|align=center|F
|111
|12 March 1888 &ndash; 6 August 1999<br> 111 years, 147 days
|Aichi
|-
|6 August 1999
|14 August 2001<br> ({{age in years and days|1999|8|6|2001|8|14}})
|Mie Ishiguro
|align=center|F
|111 &ndash; 113
|2 June 1888 &ndash; 14 August 2001<br>113 years, 73 days
|Hokkaidō
|-
|14 August 2001
|3 January 2002<br> ({{age in days|2001|8|14|2002|1|3}} days)
|Matsuno Oikawa
|align=center|F
|112
|20 February 1889 &ndash; 3 January 2002<br>112 years, 317 days
|Iwate
|-
|3 January 2002
|28 September 2003<br> ({{age in years and days|2002|1|3|2003|9|28}})
|]
|align=center|M
|112 &ndash; 114
|23 March 1889 &ndash; 28 September 2003<br>114 years, 189 days
|Fukuoka
|-
|28 September 2003
|13 November 2003<br> ({{age in days|2003|9|28|2003|11|13}} days)
|]
|align=center|F
|114
|15 May 1889 &ndash; 13 November 2003<br> 114 years, 182 days
|Hiroshima
|-
|13 November 2003
|5 April 2005<br> ({{age in years and days|2003|11|13|2005|4|5}})
|]
|align=center|F
|113 &ndash; 114
|30 August 1890 &ndash; 5 April 2005<br> 114 years, 218 days
|Fukuoka
|-
|5 April 2005
|13 August 2007<br> ({{age in years and days|2005|4|5|2007|8|13}})
|]
|align=center|F
|112 &ndash; 114
|4 January 1893 &ndash; 13 August 2007<br> 114 years, 221 days
|Fukuoka
|-
|13 August 2007
|19 August 2007<br> ({{age in days|2007|8|13|2007|8|19}} days)
|Shitsu Nakano
|align=center|F
|113
|1 January 1894 &ndash; 19 August 2007<br> 113 years, 230 days
|Fukuoka
|-
|19 August 2007
|22 February 2008<br> ({{age in days|2007|8|19|2008|2|22}} days)
|Tsuneyo Toyonaga<ref></ref>
|align=center|F
|113
|21 May 1894 &ndash; 22 February 2008<br> 113 years, 277 days
|Kōchi
|-
|22 February 2008
|5 April 2008<br> ({{age in days|2008|2|22|2008|4|5}} days)
|Kaku Yamanaka<ref></ref>
|align=center|F
|113
|11 December 1894 &ndash; 5 April 2008<br> 113 years, 116 days
|Aichi
|-
|5 April 2008
|2 May 2010<br> ({{age in years and days|2008|4|5|2010|5|2}})
|]
|align=center|F
|112 &ndash; 114
|10 May 1895 &ndash; 2 May 2010<br> 114 years, 357 days
|Okinawa
|-
|2 May 2010
|2 December 2011<br> ({{age in years and days|2010|05|02|2011|12|02}})
|]
|align=center|F
|113 &ndash; 115
|20 November 1896 &ndash; 2 December 2011<br> 115 years, 12 days
|Saga
|-
|2 December 2011
|12 June 2013<br>({{age in years and days|2011|12|02|2013|06|12}})
|]<ref name="GWR2014" />
|align=center|M
|114 &ndash; 116
|19 April 1897 &ndash; 12 June 2013<br> 116 years, 54 days
|Kyoto
|-
|12 June 2013
|1 April 2015<br>({{age in years and days|2013|6|12|2015|4|1}})
|]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/03/04/390687977/born-in-1898-world-s-oldest-living-person-celebrates-birthday|title=Born In 1898: World's Oldest Living Person Celebrates Birthday|date=March 4, 2015|work=NPR.org}}</ref>
|align=center|F
|115 &ndash; 117
|5 March 1898 &ndash; 1 April 2015<br> 117 years, 27 days
|Osaka
|-
|1 April 2015
|27 September 2015<br>({{age in days|2015|4|1|2015|9|27}} days)
|Anonymous<ref></ref>
|align=center|F
|115
|15 March 1900 &ndash; 27 September 2015<br> 115 years, 196 days
|Tokyo
|-
|27 September 2015
|Present<br>({{age in days|2015|9|27}} days)
|]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nankainn.com/local/「ナビばあちゃんちばりよー」/喜界町の田島さ |title=「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 |trans-title="Grandma Nabi" - Kikai City holds provincial celebration for Mrs. Tajima |language=Japanese |date=16 September 2015 |accessdate=25 November 2015}}</ref>
|align=center|F
|115*
|born 4 August 1900<br>age {{age in years and days|1900|8|4}}
|Living in Kagoshima
|}

==People==

=== Gengan Tonaki ===
{{Nihongo|'''Gengan Tonaki'''|渡名喜元完|Tonaki Gengan|30 October 1884 &ndash; 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.<ref name=Ryukyu>{{cite news|title=Tonaka Genkan kokubetsushiki|url=http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-86834-storytopic-86.html|accessdate=8 July 2012|newspaper=Ryūkyū Shinpō|date=27 January 1997}}</ref> Tonaki lived in ].<ref name=Ryukyu /> At the time of his death, Tonaki was the third oldest living man, behind American men ] and Johnson Parks.

===Denzo Ishizaki===
{{nihongo|'''Denzo Ishizaki'''|石崎 伝蔵|Ishizaki Denzō|extra= 20 October 1886 – 29 April 1999}} was for a short time ]'s ] and ], from February to April 1999.<ref name="Denzo Ishizaki">{{cite news|title=Deaths Elsewhere - Denzo Ishizaki |url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1999-05-02/news/9905040357_1_cancer-meritt-retirement-home |newspaper=] |date=2 May 1999 |accessdate=14 September 2015}}</ref> A former elementary school teacher and town assembly member, Ishizaki lived in Kansago, ], where he died of ] on 29 April 1999 at the age of 112 years, 191 days.<ref>{{cite news |title=DENZO ISHIZAKI |url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1999-04-30/news/9904300138_1_ishizaki-rory-calhoun-great-john-l |newspaper=Orlando Sentinel |date=30 April 1999 |accessdate=14 September 2015}}</ref>

===Tase Matsunaga===
{{nihongo|'''Tase Matsunaga'''|松永 タセ|Matsunaga Tase|11 May 1884 &ndash; 18 November 1998}} was a ] ]. Matsunaga was born in ] in the ] though soon moved to ].<ref name="tase matsunaga"> {{ja icon}}</ref> 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.<ref name="tase matsunaga"/> Later that same year she died, aged ], of ]. Matsunaga was the second oldest living person in the world behind ].

===Ura Koyama===
'''Ura Koyama''' (小山 ウラ ''Koyama Ura'', 30 August 1890 – 5 April 2005) of ] became the ] in ] upon the death of ] in November 2003. On 5 April 2005, she died of ] 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, ] became Japan's oldest living person.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CMAB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=10950A87D9155BF1&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|title=Pneumonia claims oldest woman, 114 |date=6 April 2005|work=]|publisher=]|page=A8|accessdate=16 December 2008}}</ref>

=== Koto Okubo ===
{{Nihongo|'''Koto Okubo'''|大久保 琴|Ōkubo Koto|24 December 1897&nbsp;– 12 January 2013}} was a Japanese ] 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 ].

Okubo became the oldest woman from Japan and ] after the death of ] on 2 December 2011. Okubo had been living in a nursing home in ] with her son and died of pneumonia.<ref name=sankeibiz20120914 /><ref name="Kyodo2013">{{cite web |script-title=ja:世界最高齢の日本女性死去 115歳、大久保琴さん|trans_title=World's oldest woman, Koto Okubo, dies in Japan at 115 |publisher=Press Net Japan Co.,Ltd. |date=12 January 2013 |url=http://www.47news.jp/CN/201301/CN2013011201001603.html |accessdate=12 January 2013|language=Japanese}}</ref><ref name="Kyodo2013-1">{{cite web |title=World's oldest woman in Japan dies at 115 |publisher=] |date=12 January 2013 |url=http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2013/01/203776.html |accessdate=12 January 2013}}</ref> The ] did not announce her name officially; only her residence and age were initially released.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.47news.jp/CN/201112/CN2011120201001661.html|script-title=ja:長寿日本一長谷川さん死去 京都の男性が最高齢に|trans_title=Oldest person in Japan, Hasegawa, dies: Kyoto man is now the oldest|work=47NEWS|publisher=Press Net Japan Co.,Ltd. |language=Japanese|date=2 December 2011 |accessdate=16 September 2012}}</ref>

The name of Okubo was finally reported by the Japanese press on 14 September 2012,<ref name=sankeibiz20120914>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sankeibiz.jp/econome/news/120914/ecc1209141455001-n2.htm|script-title=ja: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|trans_title=Number of people over the age of 100 exceeds 50,000 for the first time - Oldest is 115|work=MSN Sankei Biz|publisher=Sankei Digital Inc.|language=Japanese|date=14 September 2012|accessdate=16 September 2012}}</ref> and on the same day, Okubo was verified and added to the GRG list and '']''.<ref name="GWR2014">{{cite book|title=Guinness World Records 2014|publisher=Guinness World Records|isbn=978-1908843357|page=59}}</ref> On 17 December 2012, ] died, Okubo became the ]. after Okubo's death, ] became the oldest recognized living woman.<ref name="GWR2014" />

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