This year, Monday 16 September 2024 will be the "Respect for the Aged Day" (or 敬老の日,keirō no hi) in Japan. As reports are already publicly (and also privately) coming in, this thread has also been started.Keirō no hiis an annual celebration held on the third Monday of September, when the elderly citizens of each designated town are celebrated. This means that during the course of September, all prefectures (but also many cities, towns, and villages) publish reports about their oldest citizens - the content of these reports has subsequently been depicted below, if it was reported publicly.
I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to Japanese (and other) members reporting these updates. Do note that if updates are only made privately, I cannot post about them.
Legend: Aboldentry indicates a supercentenarian. Ablueentry indicates a man. Agreenentry indicates an incomplete date of birth. Aredentry indicates this person has died since being on the list; this post (click!) lists deceased and/or limbo supercentenarians. Apurpleentry indicates this person is currently in limbo; his or her survival status is unknown.
Note 1: All ages given for (super)centenarians are as of their LAST PUBLICLY REPORTED SURVIVAL STATUS. Note 2: Ages under 109 for women and 108 for men are not given, unless the oldest (wo)man in the prefecture is not that old, or unless the prefecture releases a ‘top 10’ or ‘top 20’ for the prefecture. Note 3: Sources for the information have been reported on the 110 Club, or elsewhere in this thread.
A map of Japan, indicating where each prefecture is, can be found in the attachment.
Hokkaidō (北海道) 1.Kiyo Itō (伊藤キヨ), F, 112, 1911.10 - 1911.12 (lives in Kushiro) (per 1 September 2024) 2. Yoshi Yamamoto (山本ヨシ), F, 111, 1913.02.18 (lives in Iwamizawa) (per 18 September 2024) 3. Michi Kudō (工藤ミチ), F, 110, 1914.02.09 (lives in Eniwa) (per 1 November 2024) 4. Sadami Matsuoka (松岡サダミ), F, 110, 1914.02.20 (lives in Makubetsu) (per 1 September 2024) 5. Not Available, F, 110, 1914.02.20 - 1914.09.15 (lives in Sapporo) (per 1 September 2024) 6. Teruko Gotō (後藤テル子), F, 109, 1915.01.01 - 1915.06.10 --> 2024.09.29 (died in Otaru) 7. Setsu Azuma (東セツ), F, 109, 1915.01.02 - 1915.06.11 (lives in Mori) 8. Fumi Oki (沖フミ), F, 109, 1915.06.12 - 2024.11.11 (died in Ashibetsu) 9. Not Available, F, 109, 1915.06.13 - 1915.09.12 (residence unknown) 10. Masae Hiraya (平谷正枝), F, 109, 1915.06.14 - 1915.09.13 (lives in Otaru) -. Takeo Matsuhisa (松久武雄), M, 108, 1915.12.10 (lives in Memuro) (oldest man) (per 1 September 2024)
Aomori (青森県) 1. Masae Asaishi (浅石まさ江), F, 111, 1913.08.09 (lives in Hachinohe) (per 1 September 2024) -. Seishirō Miura (三浦清四郎), M, 106, 1918.03.31 (lives in Tsugaru) (oldest man) (per 1 September 2024)
Iwate (岩手県) 1. Ichi Kubota (久保田イチ), F, 111, 1913.05.30 (lives in Miyako) (per 1 September 2024) 2. Misa Kimura (木村ミサ), F, 109, 1914.11.25 (lives in Ōshū) 3. Sumiko Tanaka, F, 108, 1915.12.26 (lives in Ōfunato) 4. Matsue Takahashi (髙橋マツエ ), F, 108, 1916.02.08 (lives in Hanamaki) 5. Yoshino Onodera (小野寺ヨシノ), F, 108, 1916.07.20 (lives in Kitakami) 6. Yashie Saijō (西條ヤシエ), F, 107, 1916.09.04 (lives in Shiwa) 7. Mitsu Yokokawa (横川ミツ), F, 107, 1917.03.13 (lives in Hanamaki) 8. Yoshie Sasaki (佐々木ヨシヱ), F, 107, 1917.04.10 (lives in Tōno) 9. Katsuyoshi Mikami (三上一禧), M, 107, 1917.05.11 (lives in Rikuzentakata) (oldest man) (per 1 September 2024) 10. Toki Takahashi (髙橋トキ), F, 107, 1917.06.27 - 2024.09.07 (died in Hachimantai) 11. Miyo Hōzawa (朴澤ミヨ), F, 106/107, 1917.06.28 - 1917.09.15 (lives in Morioka)
Miyagi (宮城県) 1. Mizu Aizawa (相澤みづ), F, 111, 1913.07.20 (lives in Natori) (per 1 September 2024) 2. Not Available, F, 109, 1914/1915 (residence unknown) 3. Not Available, F, 109, 1914/1915 (residence unknown) 4. Not Available, F, 109, 1914/1915 (residence unknown) (#2, 3, or 4 is Toku Shishido (宍戸とく) of Sendai, born between 1 January and 15 September 1915.) -. Shinno Shutō (首藤信乃), M, 108, 1916.08.25 (lives in Ishinomaki) (oldest man) (per 1 September 2024)
Akita (秋田県) 1. Fumi Seino (清野フミ), F, 110, 1914.02.02 (lives in Ōdate) (per 1 September 2024) 2. Hana Satō (佐藤 ハナ), F, 110, 1914.04.30 (lives in Semboku) (per 1 September 2024) -. Hidenosuke Fujieda (藤枝 秀之助), M, 108, 1916.02.07 (lives in Semboku) (oldest man) (per 1 September 2024)
Yamagata (山形県) 1. Kō Watanabe (渡部こう), F, 109, 1915.01 - 1915.03 --> c. 2024.10.11 (died in Yonezawa) 2. Not Available, F, 109, 1915.01.02 - 1915.08.30 (residence unknown) 3. Not Available, F, 109, 1915.01.03 - 1915.08.31 (residence unknown) 4. Not Available, F, 109, 1915.01.04 - 1915.09.01 (residence unknown) ... 13. Chōjirō Ōi (大井長次郎), M, 106, 1917.09.16 - 1917.12.31 (lives in Tsuruoka) (oldest man) (per 1 September 2024)
Fukushima (福島県) 1. Not Available, F, 110, 1914.03.03? (lives in Kōriyama) (per 1 September 2024) 2. Not Available, F, 108, 1915.09.16 - 1915.12.14 (lives in Ishikawa) 3. Hachiyo Shibukawa (渋川ハチヨ), F, 108, 1915.09.17 - 1915.12.15 (lives in Shimogō) 4. Fude Kurashima (倉嶋フデ), F, 108, 1915.12.16 (lives in Ōkuma) 5. Tomiyo Inagawa (稲川トミヨ), F, 108, 1915.12.17 - 1915.12.31 (lives in Kagamiishi) -. Not Available, M, 107, 1917.02.14 - 1917.04.30 (lives in Kōriyama) (oldest man) (per 1 September 2024)
Ibaraki (茨城県) 1. Take Satō (佐藤タケ), F, 110, 1913.11.21 (lives in Shimotsuma) (per 19 August 2024) -. Shima Nagata (永田しま), F, 109, 1915.01.20 (lives in Ryūgasaki) -. Kiyoshi Sasashima (笹島清), M, 108, 1915.10.22 (lives in Mito) (oldest man) (per 19 August 2024)
Tochigi (栃木県) 1. Tei Andō (安藤テイ), F, 110, 1914.03.17 (lives in Kanuma) (per 1 September 2024) -. Tokusaburō Numano (沼野德三郎), M, 108, 1915.10.05 (lives in Utsunomiya) (oldest man) (per 1 September 2024)
Gunma (群馬県) 1. Kiyomi Katō (加藤きよみ), F, 110, 1914.03.29 (lives in Maebashi) (per 1 September 2024) -. Mitsuyoshi Sakurai (桜井光義), M, 106, 1917.10 - 2024.09.08 (died in Yoshioka) (former oldest man) -. Yoshio Satō (佐藤吉雄), M, 106, 1918.05.25 (lives in Nakanojō) (oldest man) (per 11 September 2024)
Saitama (埼玉県) (Hisako Shiroishi (白石久子), F, 114, 1910.05.19 - 2024.08.26 (died in Higashichichibu)) 1. Kiyo Komatsu (小松きよ), F, 113, 1911.01.27 (lives in Asaka) (per 1 September 2024) -. Not Available, F, 110, 1914.01 (lives in Iruma) (per 1 September 2024) -. Tsuyako Satō (佐藤艶子), F, 110, 1914.04.09 (lives in Saitama City) (per 1 November 2024) -. Not Available, F, 110, 1914.06 (lives in Saitama City) (per 1 November 2024) -. Not Available, F, 110, 1913.07.02 - 1914.07.01 (lives in Chichibu) (per 1 July 2024) -. Not Available, F, 110, 1914.10 (lives in Saitama City) (per 1 November 2024) -. Chiyo Obara (小原チヨ), F, 109, 1915.03.15 (lives in Saitama City) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1915.03 (lives in Saitama City) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1915.03 (lives in Saitama City) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1915.04 (lives in Saitama City) -. Tamotsu Arai (新井保), M, 109, 1915.08.01 (lives in Saitama City) (oldest man) (per 1 November 2024) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1914/1915 (lives in Yashio) Tatsuo Itō (伊藤辰雄), M, 108, 1916.03.11 - fl. 2024.08.01 (lived in Kumagaya)
Chiba (千葉県) 1. Not Available, F, 111, 1912.10.30 (lives in Kimitsu) (per 1 September 2024) 2. Hanako Ishii (石井花子), F, 111, 1913.05.07 (lives in Kamogawa) (per 1 September 2024) -. Not Available, F, 110, 1913.10 - 1913.12 (lives in Ichikawa) (per 1 September 2024) -. Not Available, F, 110, 1914.01.17 (lives in Kashiwa) (per 1 September 2024) -. Not Available, F, 110, 1913.10.02 - 1914.04.01 (lives in Funabashi) (per 1 September 2024) -. Not Available, F, 110, 1913/1914 (lives in Chiba City) (per 1 September 2024) -. Not Available, F, 110, 1913/1914 (lives in Narashino) (per 1 September 2024) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1914.10.02 - 1915.04.01 (lives in Kashiwa) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1915.05 (lives in Abiko) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1915.05 (lives in Sakura) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1914/1915 (lives in Chiba City) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1914/1915 (lives in Ichikawa) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1914/1915 (lives in Matsudo) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1914/1915 (lives in Tōgane) -. Eito Kowase (強瀬衛人), M, 107, 1917.4.1 (lives in Tateyama) (oldest man) (per 1 September 2024)
Tōkyō (東京都) 1. Not Available, F, 112, 1911.12 (lives in Nerima) (per 1 August 2024) -. Not Available, F, 112, 1912.05 (lives in Setagaya) (per 1 August 2024) -. Not Available, F, 112, 1912.03.24 - 1912.07.30 (lives in Komae) (per 23 August 2024) -. Akino Ueda (植田アキノ), F, 111, 1912.11.05 (lives in Sumida) (per 1 October 2024) -. Yukie Takahashi (高橋雪枝), F, 111, 1913.01.04 (lives in Akiruno) (per 1 July 2024) (Ai Shinohara (篠原愛), F, 111, 1913.01.04 - 2024.08.13 (died in Machida)) -. Not Available, F, 111, 1913.04.01 - 1913.06.30 (lives in Toshima) (per 1 July 2024) -. Not Available, F, 110, 1913.12.02 - 1914.01.01 (lives in Kodaira) (per 1 August 2024) -. Kiyo ??? (???キヨ), F, 110, 1914.01.19 (lives in Adachi) (per 1 September 2024) (Not Available, M, 110, 1914.01.23 - 2024.08.21 (died in Bunkyō)) (former oldest man in Japan) -. Not Available, F, 110, 1914.03 - fl. 2024.09.01 (lived in Setagaya) -. Masako Abe (阿部晶子), F, 110, 1914.04 - 1914.09 (lives in Tachikawa) (per 1 October 2024) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1914.01.02 - 1914.12.31 (lives in Ōta) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1914.12.02 - 1915.01.01 (lives in Kita) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1915.03.02 - 1915.04.01 (lives in Edogawa) -. Akio Moriya (守屋章雄), M, 109, 1915.10.02 - 1915.11.01 --> fl. 2024.11.02 (lived in Machida)
Kanagawa (神奈川県) 1. Nobu Kawano (河野のぶ), F, 113, 1911.03.28 (lives in Yokohama) (per 11 September 2024) -. Fumie Suzuki (鈴木ふみ江), F, 112, 1912.06.20 (lives in Aikawa) (per 1 October 2024) -. Not Available, F, 110, 1913.09.02 - 1913.10.01 (lives in Yokohama) (per 1 September 2024) -. Not Available, F, 110, 1914.01 - 1914.03 (lives in Kamakura) (per 1 August 2024) -. Not Available, F, 110, 1914.01 - 1914.03 (lives in Kamakura) (per 1 August 2024) -. Not Available, M, 110, 1914.03.15 - 1914.04.01 (lives in Yokohama) (per 1 September 2024) -. Not Available, F, 110, 1913.09.02 - 1914.09.01 (lives in Yokohama) (per 1 September 2024) -. Not Available, F, 110, 1913.09.02 - 1914.09.01 (lives in Yokohama) (per 1 September 2024) -. Not Available, F, 110, 1914.08.02 - 1914.09.01 (lives in Fujisawa) (per 1 September 2024) -. Kyōsen Kineya (杵屋響泉), F, 110, 1914.11.15 (lives in Odawara) (per 19 November 2024) -. Momoe Kagami (鏡モヽエ), F, 109, 1914.09 - 1915.08 (lives in Sagamihara) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1914.09 - 1915.08 (lives in Hiratsuka) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1915.01 - 1915.08 (lives in Zama)
As reported by Straycat on the 110 Club, Ina Okazawa's successor as oldest living person in Ibaraki prefecture is 110-year-old Take Satō (佐藤タケ) of Shimotsuma, who was born on 21 November 1913. This means a woman from Toride, born in early 1913, has entered limbo.
As reported by Straycat on the 110 Club, the city of Iwata, Shizuoka has released a report on its oldest citizens; as of 30 June 2024, both its oldest male and female resident were 110 years old. This concerns the oldest man in the prefecture, LQ-validated Kiyotaka Mizuno (水野清隆), born on 14 March 1914, and newly-identified supercentenarian Yoshie Terada (寺田よ志江), born on 1 June 1914.
As reported by Straycat on the 110 Club, the former oldest living man in Ehime prefecture, Seiyoshi Shigematsu (重松清義) of Matsuyama, born on 28 December 1914, died in November 2023 at the age of 108. May he rest in peace.
As reported by Straycat on the 110 Club, the oldest living man in Ibaraki prefecture is 108-year-old Kiyoshi Sasashima (笹島清) of Mito, born on 22 October 1915.
@marco You can add the Anonymous woman, 112, born on 6 July 1912, and Otoji Hasegawa, 108, born on 3 December 1915, who are the oldest known Japanese woman and man living in Brazil, respectively.
As reported by Straycat on the 110 Club, the oldest living person in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka is a 110-year-old woman. As the document lists the age as of 31 March 2025, this implies she was born between 28 November 1913 and 31 March 1914.
The oldest man in the city is 106-year-old Shōkichi Shinma (新間正吉), born on 15 January 1918.
As reported by Straycat on the 110 Club, the oldest living person in Toyokawa, Aichi is a 107-year-old woman born in 1917. This means that last year's oldest person, born in 1914, has entered limbo. She was last confirmed alive on 1 September 2023.
As reported by Straycat on the 110 Club, the oldest living person in Kagoshima prefecture is an anonymous 111-year-old woman (possibly 112 now), born between 31 July 1912 and 8 July 1913. She is the successor to 112-year-old Sueko Katsu (勝末コ) of Setouchi, born on 26 March 1912, who died on 6 July 2024.
As reported by Straycat on the 110 Club, the oldest living person in Takarazuka, Hyōgo as of 31 July 2024 is a 112-year-old woman born in November 1911. The oldest man in the city is 107 years old.
The oldest living woman in Miyazaki is Yuriko Tsurumaru(鶴丸百合子). She lives in Kobayashi city. The oldest living man is Kiyoshi Zushi (圖師清). He lives in Miyazaki city.
As reported by Straycat on the 110 Club, the oldest living person in Takarazuka, Hyōgo as of 31 July 2024 is a 112-year-old woman born in November 1911. The oldest man in the city is 107 years old.
There are currently no validated living SCs born in November 1911, so if this woman gets validated then there will be one again
I hope more cases from 1911 are revealed in the next month
As reported by Straycat on the 110 Club, the oldest living person in Kurashiki, Okayama as of 30 June 2024 is 110-year-old Katsuko Miyake (三宅勝子), born on 10 December 1913.
