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Misao Okawa

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Misao Okawa
大川 ミサヲ
Native name大川 ミサヲ
Born5 Mairch 1898(1898-03-05)
Tenma, Osaka, Japan
Dee'd1 Apryle 2015(2015-04-01) (aged 117)
ResidenceHigashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan
Kent forAuldest verified livin person
Hauf-marrae(s)Yukio Okawa (m. 1919–1931; his daith)
Bairns3 (2 livin)
Kin
  • 4 grandchilder
  • 6 great-grandchilder

Misao Okawa (大川 ミサヲ, Ōkawa Misao, sometimes romanized as Misawo Okawa; born March 5, 1898; died 1 Aprile 2015)[1] wis a Japanese supercentenarian who wis, at the age o 117 years, 27 days, the warld's auldest livin person, holdin the title syne the daith o 116-year-auld Japanese man Jiroemon Kimura on 12 Juin 2013, until her daith on 1 Aprile 2015.[2]

References

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  1. "Oldest Validated Living Supercentenarians". Gerontology Research Group. Archived frae the original on 1 December 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  2. "Jiroemon Kimura, Oldest Man in Recorded History, Dies at 116". Retrieved 12 Juin 2013.
Records
Precedit bi
Koto Okubo
Auldest recognized verified livin woman
12 Januar 2013 – 1 Aprile 2015
Succeedit bi
Gertrude Weaver
Precedit bi
Jiroemon Kimura
Auldest verified livin person
12 Juin 2013 – 1 Aprile 2015
Succeedit bi
Gertrude Weaver
Precedit bi
Jiroemon Kimura
Auldest verified livin Japanese
12 Juin 2013 – 1 Aprile 2015
Succeedit bi
Anonymous
Precedit bi
Tane Ikai
Auldest Japanese person ever
28 August 2014 – 31 August 2017
Succeedit bi
Nabi Tajima