Rest in peace, Ms. Sakashita.

R.I.P. Ms. Sakashita.

Rest in peace Ms Sakashita.

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According to LongeviQuest, Ms. Sato Sakashita of Kagoshima City and the oldest person in Kagoshima Prefecture, sadly passed away at the age of 112 in mid-June 2026; 110-year-old Ms. Chiyo Ogura (b. 1915.11.10), also of Kagoshima City has subsequently become the oldest living person in the prefecture.
Ms. Sakashita was born on March 20, 1914, in Hioki City, Kagoshima Prefecture.

However, there has been no official announcement from Kagoshima Prefecture regarding the oldest resident, and since the population statistics for Kagoshima City—where she resides—are compiled at the end of January, April, and September each year, it is unclear why LongeviQuest is asserting her death so definitively.

However, if she has indeed passed away, it is very sad, as she was one of my favorite "living supercentenarians."

https://longeviquest.com/supercentenarian/sato-sakashita/

An obituary was published on 11 July 2026 (morning edition, I don't know which newspaper). 🙂

Rest in peace, Mrs Sakashita.

 

@marco does it give a death date?

No, otherwise LQ would have provided her full date of death.

• She had been the oldest person in Kagoshima since April 20, 2025, and held that title for a period of between 1 year and 42 days and 1 year and 71 days—the longest tenure since Sueko Katsu (who held the title from January 31, 2023, to July 6, 2024, a span of 1 year and 156 days). She lived to be 112 years and 102 days old, making her the oldest person in the prefecture prior to Sato Sakashita, who died at the age of 112 years and 73+ days.
• Sato Sakashita was the third person from Kagoshima to hold the title of the prefecture's oldest resident, and the first since Tane Yonekura, who held the position from April 21, 2018, to May 19, 2018.
• At the time of her death, she was the 21st oldest living person in Japan and the 51st oldest in the world.

@diego 
As I wrote at the beginning of this thread, she was one of my favorite supercentenarians. I find that kind of comment from you extremely offensive. Judging by your other posts, I get the impression that you view them as nothing more than numbers. I am very angry about that attitude of yours. Let's show them a little more respect; after all, they have lived—or did live—much longer than you.

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@diego 
As I wrote at the beginning of this thread, she was one of my favorite supercentenarians. I find that kind of comment from you extremely offensive. Judging by your other posts, I get the impression that you view them as nothing more than numbers. I am very angry about that attitude of yours. Let's show them a little more respect; after all, they have lived—or did live—much longer than you.

Quite the opposite; I greatly admire supercentenarians, and what I post here is simply a tribute to them. It was never meant to be disrespectful, and I am truly surprised and indignant that you hold such a completely mistaken and baseless impression regarding this.
I was extremely offended by your comment.
Unlike you, I don't have "favorite" supercentenarians; I consider them all equally my favorites—they are people who deserve everyone's respect.
Your comment makes absolutely no sense.

 

@diego 
I don't sense any respect for them in your post. Whenever someone passes away, you always post a comment stating, "They were the [number]-oldest person." What is the significance of doing that?
And, I'm the one who's angry here, you know?

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@diego 
I don't sense any respect for them in your post. Whenever someone passes away, you always post a comment stating, "They were the [number]-oldest person." What is the significance of doing that?
And, I'm the one who's angry here, you know?

You deeply hurt my feelings; I don't know how anyone could view this as disrespectful when it is actually the exact opposite—a way of honoring the achievement the person reached. Unfortunately, I don't understand why you are raising this issue and claiming it is disrespectful.

 

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@diego 
I don't sense any respect for them in your post. Whenever someone passes away, you always post a comment stating, "They were the [number]-oldest person." What is the significance of doing that?
And, I'm the one who's angry here, you know?

You deeply hurt my feelings; I don't know how anyone could view this as disrespectful when it is actually the exact opposite—a way of honoring the achievement the person reached. Unfortunately, I don't understand why you are raising this issue and claiming it is disrespectful.

 

@diego
It makes no difference to me whether or not you have a favorite supercentenarian, but she was 'my' favorite supercentenarian. Your post actually felt like it was insulting her, if anything. These people are human beings, not merely statistics. If you wish to compile lists of their longevity rankings—such as where she stood among the living or her all-time ranking at the time of her death—please do so elsewhere on your own time. I simply cannot fathom why you would consider that kind of post a way of showing respect.

 

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@diego 
I don't sense any respect for them in your post. Whenever someone passes away, you always post a comment stating, "They were the [number]-oldest person." What is the significance of doing that?
And, I'm the one who's angry here, you know?

You deeply hurt my feelings; I don't know how anyone could view this as disrespectful when it is actually the exact opposite—a way of honoring the achievement the person reached. Unfortunately, I don't understand why you are raising this issue and claiming it is disrespectful.

 

@diego
It makes no difference to me whether or not you have a favorite supercentenarian, but she was 'my' favorite supercentenarian. Your post actually felt like it was insulting her, if anything. These people are human beings, not merely statistics. If you wish to compile lists of their longevity rankings—such as where she stood among the living or her all-time ranking at the time of her death—please do so elsewhere on your own time. I simply cannot fathom why you would consider that kind of post a way of showing respect.

 

I have a completely different perspective on this; I respect and admire all supercentenarians and centenarians—that is simply how I show my respect and affection. I never intended to convey anything other than that; I post about them because it is relevant and because they have achieved these memorable milestones and deserve respect for doing so.

 

@straycat6368

Rest in Peace, Ms. Sato Sakashita. May the memory of a long life well lived be a blessing to your family, friends and community.

In the sphere of longevity research, there are a range of ways people express their interest and admiration for supercentenarians and their achievements. You are free to prefer one such expression over another, but to attack another member for “insulting” and “disrespecting” supercentenarians when their way of expressing their admiration is different from yours is extremely uncharitable and unfair. It would not have been difficult to express the same sentiments without descending into a personal attack on another member. Additionally, I don’t see much acknowledgment of who Ms. Sato Sakashita was as a person, distinct from her “statistical relevance” in your post. You simply state her date and place of birth of birth, her successor as the oldest person in the prefecture and her age (these are statistics, just like Diego’s. It’s not about Ms. Sato Sakashita herself). You discuss some of the administrative practices of Kagoshima Prefecture, and though express some “sadness” over her death, you don’t mention a single biographical or personal detail. What was her childhood like? Her family? What was she like as a person? Why was she one of your “favourite supercentenarians?” Would one of her family members really see any difference between your post and Diego’s? I struggle to see how. You don’t even say “Rest In Peace.” You later criticise Diego for posting statistics and suggest that he instead does so elsewhere and in “his own time” (is he not currently posting them in his own time?). Where do you suggest these statistics should be posted? Elsewhere on the forum? Some other website? Are you suggesting that the posting of longevity rankings is inherently disrespectful? Surely a post focusing merely on Ms. Sato Sakashita dates of birth and death, her successor and Kagoshima’s administrative practices is just as “disrespectful”? In your own words, shouldn’t such information about how Kagoshima reports death, and who became the oldest person in the prefecture after Ms. Sato Sakashita’s death, be reported “elsewhere and in your own time”? Why not use this space to focus on who she was as a person, what made her the individual her family and friends knew and loved, instead of who succeeded her, and how certain LQ may be of her death at a particular time. Not only is it unjust to level such personal, and hurtful, attacks on a fellow member who has been one of this forum’s most active users, it is also, to my mind, hypocritical. In future, consider expressing such sentiments in a kinder way which doesn’t cause hurt to other members, and, perhaps, ensure you are abiding by your standards before attacking someone else who prefers to show their admiration and respect in way you claim is different to yours.

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@straycat6368

Rest in Peace, Ms. Sato Sakashita. May the memory of a long life well lived be a blessing to your family, friends and community.

In the sphere of longevity research, there are a range of ways people express their interest and admiration for supercentenarians and their achievements. You are free to prefer one such expression over another, but to attack another member for “insulting” and “disrespecting” supercentenarians when their way of expressing their admiration is different from yours is extremely uncharitable and unfair. It would not have been difficult to express the same sentiments without descending into a personal attack on another member. Additionally, I don’t see much acknowledgment of who Ms. Sato Sakashita was as a person, distinct from her “statistical relevance” in your post. You simply state her date and place of birth of birth, her successor as the oldest person in the prefecture and her age (these are statistics, just like Diego’s. It’s not about Ms. Sato Sakashita herself). You discuss some of the administrative practices of Kagoshima Prefecture, and though express some “sadness” over her death, you don’t mention a single biographical or personal detail. What was her childhood like? Her family? What was she like as a person? Why was she one of your “favourite supercentenarians?” Would one of her family members really see any difference between your post and Diego’s? I struggle to see how. You don’t even say “Rest In Peace.” You later criticise Diego for posting statistics and suggest that he instead does so elsewhere and in “his own time” (is he not currently posting them in his own time?). Where do you suggest these statistics should be posted? Elsewhere on the forum? Some other website? Are you suggesting that the posting of longevity rankings is inherently disrespectful? Surely a post focusing merely on Ms. Sato Sakashita dates of birth and death, her successor and Kagoshima’s administrative practices is just as “disrespectful”? In your own words, shouldn’t such information about how Kagoshima reports death, and who became the oldest person in the prefecture after Ms. Sato Sakashita’s death, be reported “elsewhere and in your own time”? Why not use this space to focus on who she was as a person, what made her the individual her family and friends knew and loved, instead of who succeeded her, and how certain LQ may be of her death at a particular time. Not only is it unjust to level such personal, and hurtful, attacks on a fellow member who has been one of this forum’s most active users, it is also, to my mind, hypocritical. In future, consider expressing such sentiments in a kinder way which doesn’t cause hurt to other members, and, perhaps, ensure you are abiding by your standards before attacking someone else who prefers to show their admiration and respect in way you claim is different to yours.

@Simon Frogg
First, I should mention—though I may have stated this elsewhere—that while I can read English, I am barely able to write it, so I rely on translation tools. I am sure there are places where the meaning is odd or the grammar is incorrect, and this may often lead to misunderstandings. I apologize for that.

And, who do you think you are? You're speaking quite condescendingly, aren't you...

To begin with, the reason I did not write "Rest in peace" in my initial post was that, based on what I had checked at the time, there had been no official announcement regarding her passing from the media or the prefecture. I suspected there might have been a mistake on LongeviQuest's part, so I intended to delete the thread if the information turned out to be incorrect.

The reason she was one of my favorite supercentenarian was that, upon seeing her happily singing, performing hand dances, and describing the secrets to her longevity—sleeping, eating, and talking—during a television interview, I felt she might live even longer, and I also wanted to see her looking so happy again.

Finally, I had no intention of attacking Diego. I simply felt his post was insulting and wanted him to stop. If one truly wishes to show respect, "Rest in peace" is quite enough.

 

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I simply felt his post was insulting and wanted him to stop.

You have the right not to read my posts—just skip them when you see I’m the one who posted—but I am certainly not disrespecting anyone, nor do I see how it could be interpreted that way. Rankings are tracked on all the forums—the French one, the 110 Club, and here—and it’s never viewed as disrespectful; quite the opposite, in fact.