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03/09/2026 12:37 pm
Mrs. Shitsui Hakoishi of Nakagawa, Tochigi Pr. (JPN) sadly passed away on 1 September 2026, aged 109 years and 295 days.
She was born on 10 November 1916 in the same town.
She was the world's oldest barber and the oldest living person in Tochigi Prefecture.
https://longeviquest.com/supercentenarian/shitsui-hakoishi/
Rest in peace.
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03/09/2026 12:45 pm
R.I.P. Ms. Hakoishi.
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When the young commander of the guard declared his love for her, she rejected him simply because his frivolity startled her. "See how simple he is," she told Amaranta. "He says that he’s dying because of me, as if I were a bad case of colic."
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04/09/2026 1:57 am
Rest in peace Ms Hakoishi.
04/09/2026 3:29 am
According to this article, she collapsed from a cerebral infarction on August 25, 2026, and was rushed to a hospital in Utsunomiya City, but passed away at the age of 109 on September 1, 2026, at 1:20 PM.
Also, Her son, Mr. Hidemasa, also passed away this March at the age of 82. He had authored a book titled *The 105-Year-Old Olympic Torchbearer: A Journey Shared by Mother and Son* (105歳の聖火ランナー 母と私の二人三脚), which chronicled his own life and the story of his mother's life, garnering significant attention.
It is incredibly sad to think that she was only two months away from her 110th birthday...
Rest in peace Ms. Hakoishi.
https://www.tochigi-tv.jp/news2/page.php?id=296556
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04/09/2026 11:10 am
https://longeviquest.com/2026/09/shitsui-hakoishi-the-worlds-oldest-barber-dies-at-109/
Shitsui Hakoishi, the World’s Oldest Barber, Dies at 109
Shitsui Hakoishi, who was as the world’s oldest active barber in January 2024, passed away in Nakagawa, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, on 1 September, at the age of 109 years, 295 days.
Shitsui Hakoishi was born in Ouchi Village (now part of the town of Nakagawa), Nasu County, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, on 10 November 1916. She was born in a farming family as the fourth of five children.
At the age of 14, she moved to Tokyo to pursue her barber training, and she passed the barber exam in 1936. On 14 January 1939, at the age of 22, she married Jirō Hakoishi and the couple opened a barber shop in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Her daughter, Mitsuko, was born in 1940, while her son, Hidemasa, was born in 1943. Her husband was drafted shortly after his son was born and later died on the battlefield. When she heard the news of her husband’s death, she almost lost hope for life, but with the support of her son and relatives, she regained her positivity. In 1944, she evacuated to Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, and opened her own barber shop.
In January 2024, LongeviQuest recognized Hakoishi as the world’s oldest active barber. In 2025, she was officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest female barber. Even more than 70 years after opening her shop, she remained an active barber in her hometown of Nakagawa, Tochigi Prefecture.
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