List of Japanese supercentenarians
Japanese supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from Japan who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age., the Gerontology Research Group had validated the longevity claims of 318 Japanese supercentenarians, most of them women. The oldest Japanese person on record was Nabi Tajima, who died on 21 April 2018 aged 117 years, 260 days. Japan was also home to the world's oldest man ever, Jiroemon Kimura, who lived to age 116 years, 54 days.
As of, the oldest living person in Japan as well as the world is Kane Tanaka, born 2 January 1903, age.
100 oldest Japanese people
Entries without a number have not yet been validated by the GRG.
| Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | Prefecture of birth | Prefecture of death or residence |
| 1 | Nabi Tajima | F | 04 08 1900 | 21 04 2018 | Kagoshima | Kagoshima | |
| 2 | Kane Tanaka | F | 02 01 1903 | Living | Fukuoka | Fukuoka | |
| 3 | Chiyo Miyako | F | 02 05 1901 | 22 07 2018 | Wakayama | Kanagawa | |
| 4 | Misao Okawa | F | 05 03 1898 | 01 04 2015 | Osaka | Osaka | |
| 5 | Tane Ikai | F | 18 01 1879 | 12 07 1995 | Aichi | Aichi | |
| 6 | Jiroemon Kimura | M | 19 04 1897 | 12 06 2013 | Kyoto | Kyoto | |
| 7 | Shimoe Akiyama | F | 19 5 1903 | 29 1 2019 | Aichi | ||
| 8 | Anonymous of Tokyo | F | 15 03 1900 | 27 09 2015 | Tokyo | ||
| 9 | Shigeyo Nakachi | F | 01 02 1905 | Living | Saga | Saga | |
| 10 | Shin Matsushita | F | 30 03 1904 | 27 08 2019 | Miyagi | Miyagi | |
| 11 | Koto Okubo | F | 24 12 1897 | 12 01 2013 | Tokyo | Kanagawa | |
| 12 | Chiyono Hasegawa | F | 20 11 1896 | 02 12 2011 | Saga | Saga | |
| 13 | Kama Chinen | F | 10 05 1895 | 02 05 2010 | Okinawa | Okinawa | |
| 14 | Kiyoko Ishiguro | F | 04 03 1901 | 05 12 2015 | Tokyo | Kanagawa | |
| 15 | Mina Kitagawa | F | 3 11 1905 | Living | Shiga | Shiga | |
| 16 | Yukie Hino | F | 17 04 1902 | 13 01 2017 | Niigata | ||
| 17 | Hide Ohira | F | 15 09 1880 | 09 05 1995 | Wakayama | Wakayama | |
| 18 | Yone Minagawa | F | 04 01 1893 | 13 08 2007 | Fukuoka | Fukuoka | |
| 19 | Ura Koyama | F | 30 08 1890 | 05 04 2005 | Hiroshima | Fukuoka | |
| 20 | Iso Nakamura | F | 23 04 1903 | 23 11 2017 | Ishikawa | Ishikawa | |
| 21 | Mitsue Toyoda | F | 15 02 1902 | 25 08 2016 | Ōita | ||
| 22 | Tase Matsunaga | F | 11 05 1884 | 18 11 1998 | Niigata | Tokyo | |
| 22 | Kame Ganeko | F | 10 04 1905 | 18 10 2019 | Okinawa | Okinawa | |
| 24 | Yukichi Chuganji | M | 23 03 1889 | 28 09 2003 | Fukuoka | Fukuoka | |
| 25 | Kame Nakamura | F | 08 03 1898 | 12 09 2012 | Okinawa | Okinawa | |
| 26 | Mitoyo Kawate | F | 15 05 1889 | 13 11 2003 | Hiroshima | Hiroshima | |
| 27 | Toshie Yorimitsu | F | 30 09 1901 | 28 02 2016 | Kōchi | Okinawa | |
| 28 | Tae Ito | F | 11 07 1903 | 13 11 2017 | Iwate | Iwate | |
| 29 | Chiyo Shiraishi | F | 06 08 1895 | 19 11 2009 | Fukushima | Ibaraki | |
| 30 | Asa Takii | F | 28 04 1884 | 31 07 1998 | Hiroshima | Hiroshima | |
| 31 | Waka Shirahama | F | 23 03 1878 | 16 06 1992 | Kagoshima | Miyazaki | |
| 32 | Suekiku Miyanaga | F | 07 04 1884 | 20 06 1998 | Kagoshima | Kagoshima | |
| 33 | Shige Hirooka | F | 16 01 1897 | 29 03 2011 | Osaka | ||
| 34 | Tomoe Iwata | F | 25 03 1904 | 13 04 2018 | Iwate | Iwate | |
| 35 | Tane Yonekura | F | 02 05 1904 | 19 05 2018 | Kagoshima | ||
| 36 | Kura Bingo | F | 20 10 1905 | 31 10 2019 | Nara | ||
| 37 | Yoshiyo Bessho | F | 01 04 1904 | 08 04 2018 | Okayama | Okayama | |
| 38 | Hatsue Ono | F | 31 10 1898 | 17 10 2012 | Iwate | Hokkaidō | |
| 39 | Yasu Akino | F | 01 03 1885 | 12 02 1999 | Shizuoka | Shizuoka | |
| 40 | Kimi Asanuma | F | 03 11 1905 | 22 08 2019 | Tokyo | ||
| 41 | Tsuneyo Toyonaga | F | 21 05 1894 | 22 02 2008 | Kochi | Kōchi | |
| 42 | Tomoji Tanabe | M | 18 09 1895 | 19 06 2009 | Miyazaki | Miyazaki | |
| 43 | Mitsue Nagasaki | F | 18 09 1899 | 17 06 2013 | Kumamoto | Hiroshima | |
| 44 | Shizue Nagata | F | 25 07 1903 | 12 04 2017 | Kumamoto | ||
| Teru Oshiro | F | 10 05 1904 | 26 01 2018 | Okinawa | Okinawa | ||
| 45 | Hatsuno Goto | F | 01 09 1903 | 15 05 2017 | Niigata | Tokyo | |
| 46 | Tsurue Amou | F | 01 03 1904 | 06 11 2017 | Tokushima | ||
| 47 | Hisa Arai | F | 10 09 1904 | 04 05 2018 | Gifu | Gifu | |
| 48 | Shitsu Nakano | F | 01 01 1894 | 19 08 2007 | Fukuoka | Fukuoka | |
| 49 | Anonymous of Fukuoka | F | 17 12 1906 | Living | Fukuoka | ||
| 50 | Tsukimi Kishi | F | 31 8 1905 | 19 3 2019 | Tochigi | Tochigi | |
| 51 | Hama Yasukawa | F | 19 01 1907 | Living | Hyogo | ||
| 52 | Masazō Nonaka | M | 25 07 1905 | 20 01 2019 | Hokkaidō | Hokkaidō | |
| 53 | Kiku Usami | F | 01 09 1904 | 26 02 2018 | Niigata | ||
| 54 | Masa Iseri | F | 19 09 1902 | 05 03 2016 | Kumamoto | ||
| 55 | Koito Furukawa | F | 08 05 1901 | 11 10 2014 | Tokushima | ||
| 56 | Katsue Hiraishi | F | 09 06 1904 | 06 11 2017 | Tokushima | Tokushima | |
| 57 | Yoshino Tanaka | F | 03 03 1900 | 30 07 2013 | Okinawa | Nagasaki | |
| 58 | Terue Ashida | F | 20 09 1899 | 15 02 2013 | Hyōgo | Hyōgo | |
| 59 | Komiya Miyazaki | F | 20 08 1897 | 04 01 2011 | Hiroshima | ||
| 60 | Tame Yamaguchi | F | 20 03 1907 | Living | Kagoshima | Miyazaki | |
| 61 | Mise Ito | F | 06 11 1890 | 18 03 2004 | Shizuoka | Shizuoka | |
| 62 | Jun Kitamasu | F | 02 03 1900 | 11 07 2013 | Hiroshima | Hiroshima | |
| 63 | Kesa Yamada | F | 30 03 1907 | Living | Gunma | Gunma | |
| 64 | Katsuko Nakajima | F | 8 04 1907 | Living | Osaka | ||
| 65 | Kaku Yamanaka | F | 11 12 1894 | 05 04 2008 | Aichi | Aichi | |
| 65 | Motome Hirata | F | 12 08 1906 | 06 12 2019 | Nagano | Chiba | |
| 67 | Sue Utagawa | F | 19 01 1884 | 04 05 1997 | Yamaguchi | Yamaguchi | |
| 68 | Niwa Kawamoto | F | 05 08 1863 | 16 11 1976 | Shiga | ||
| 69 | Tome Takaoka | F | 01 01 1899 | 12 04 2012 | Osaka | Ibaraki | |
| 70 | Fusa Tatsumi | F | 25 04 1907 | Living | Osaka | ||
| 71 | Masayo Ito | F | 01 10 1902 | 06 01 2016 | Miyagi | ||
| 72 | Kame Takamiyagi | F | 10 06 1899 | 10 09 2012 | Okinawa | Okinawa | |
| 73 | Natsuyo Kinase | F | 30 10 1906 | 26 01 2020 | Miyagi | Kanagawa | |
| 74 | Chiyono Ohta | F | 01 11 1896 | 25 01 2010 | Miyagi | Miyagi | |
| 75 | Sumie Yabune | F | 05 02 1907 | Wakayama | Wakayama | ||
| 76 | Kano Ebara | F | 30 03 1907 | 14 06 2020 | Okayama | ||
| 77 | Mie Ishiguro | F | 02 06 1888 | 14 08 2001 | Hokkaidō | Hokkaidō | |
| 78 | Yoshi Baba | F | 03 06 1907 | Living | Yamanashi | ||
| 79 | Hina Shikawatari | F | 01 01 1899 | 15 02 2012 | Ishikawa | ||
| 80 | Kuni Onose | F | 31 12 1904 | 05 02 2018 | Ibaraki | ||
| 81 | Yoshino Ide | F | 01 01 1896 | 28 01 2009 | Hyōgo | ||
| 82 | Ito Konno Kinase | F | 31 12 1889 | 24 01 2003 | Fukushima | United States | |
| 83 | Tase Hayasaka | F | 01 07 1885 | 23 07 1998 | Miyagi | Niigata | |
| 84 | Tane Shimada | F | 25 09 1903 | 16 10 2016 | Saitama | ||
| 85 | Kou Iijima | F | 25 03 1896 | 22 03 2009 | Chiba | ||
| 85 | Kitsuyo Yamamoto | F | 12 03 1902 | 09 03 2015 | Shimane | ||
| 87 | Chitetsu Watanabe | M | 05 03 1907 | 23 02 2020 | Niigata | Niigata | |
| 88 | Yaoe Koda | F | 01 07 1898 | 09 06 2011 | Kochi | Kōchi | |
| 89 | Sugino Tamai | F | 09 03 1902 | 14 02 2015 | Shiga | Hyōgo | |
| 90 | Matsu Kayo | F | 09 01 1886 | 13 12 1998 | Okinawa | Okinawa | |
| 91 | Chikao Beppu | F | 28 03 1897 | 17 02 2010 | Kagoshima | Kagoshima | |
| 92 | Toyo Endo | F | 13 02 1892 | 03 01 2005 | Shizuoka | Shizuoka | |
| 93 | Kikue Tanaka | F | 25 2 1907 | 15 1 2020 | Kagoshima | Kagoshima | |
| 94 | Matsuno Oikawa | F | 20 02 1889 | 03 01 2002 | Iwate | Iwate | |
| 95 | Hanae Kimura | F | 08 08 1901 | 16 06 2014 | Tokushima | ||
| 95 | Yasutaro Koide | M | 13 03 1903 | 19 01 2016 | Fukui | Aichi | |
| 97 | Yoki Yonehara | F | 02 03 1892 | 04 01 2005 | Shimane | Shimane | |
| 98 | Hiro Nakae | F | 20 10 1898 | 19 08 2011 | Hiroshima | ||
| 99 | Suma Tamagawa | F | 14 03 1899 | 23 12 2011 | Iwate | Iwate | |
| 100 | Yoneno Kouno | F | 07 08 1902 | 24 04 2015 | Ehime | ||
| 100 | Mine Suzuki | F | 26 03 1905 | 11 12 2017 | Chiba |
Biographies
Denzo Ishizaki
Denzo Ishizaki was for a short time Japan's oldest living person and the world's oldest living man, from February to April 1999, and when he died the oldest Japanese man ever until being surpassed by Yukichi Chuganji on 30 September 2001. A former elementary school teacher and town assembly member, Ishizaki lived in Kansago, Ibaraki Prefecture, where he died of multiple organ failure on 29 April 1999 at the age of 112 years, 191 days.Nabi Tajima
Nabi Tajima followed Violet Brown as the world's oldest person for 217 days after 16 September 2017. She was the last known surviving person from the 19th century. She died at age 117 years and 260 days and is the third-oldest person ever. Tajima is the oldest Asian to be validated by modern standards and the last person that is validated as a Lost Generation person to die.Tajima was born and died on the small island of Kikaijima, about halfway between Okinawa and the main Japanese islands. Her husband, Tominishi Tajima, died at the age of 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 City before they could do so.
Masazō Nonaka
Masazō Nonaka was, at the time of his death, Japan's oldest living man since October 2016, and the world's oldest living man since January 2018. Nonaka was also the oldest person ever born in Hokkaido.Nonaka had two brothers and three sisters; he married Hatsuno Nonaka in 1931. They had five children, of whom three were living as of January 2019. He ran the family onsen, which opened in 1905, and spent most of his time in a wheelchair, crediting his longevity to eating sweets and relaxing in the hot springs. Nonaka died at home of natural causes, at 1:30am on 20 January 2019, aged 113 years, 179 days.