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24/02/2026 7:05 pm
Ms. Yukiko Honda (本田幸子) of Kita Ward, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture who was oldest living person in the Prefecture has sadly passed away February 19, 2026 at the at the age of 112 years, 341 days.
She was born in the Tamana District of Kumamoto Prefecture, on March 15, 1913. On November 16, 2024, Ms. Honda became the oldest known living person in Okayama Prefecture, following the death of Ms. Masako Soga of Ibara City at age of 111.
According to Okayama Prefecture, following Ms. Honda's death, the new oldest living person in the prefecture is 112-years-old Ms. Kiyoko Kondō (近藤清子) (b. 1913.9.1) of Tamano City.
Rest in peace Ms. Honda.
For details, please refer to the attached file on the following page.
https://www.pref.okayama.jp/site/presssystem/856490.html
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24/02/2026 8:33 pm
Rest in peace Ms. Honda, one of the 20 Oldest Living Person in Japan.
https://longeviquest.com/2026/02/yukiko-honda-the-oldest-person-in-okayama-japan-dies-at-112/
Yukiko Honda, the Oldest Person in Okayama, Japan, Dies at 112
Yukiko Honda, the oldest living person in Okayama Prefecture, Japan, passed away in Okayama City on 19 February, at the age of 112 years, 341 days.
Yukiko Honda was born in the Tamana District of Kumamoto Prefecture, on 15 March 1913. Her ancestors belonged to samurai families that governed the region and were affluent landowners with extensive land holdings. Following her graduation from Kumamoto Prefectural Second High School, she enrolled in Meiji University’s Women’s Faculty. During her time in college, she focused on the study of law and successfully obtained a clerk’s license.
Around the age of 25, she married a man employed in the railroad industry, who was six years her senior. At the time, her husband was an amateur baseball player in the Kansai region and was well-known locally. The couple had four children, and there was a period when the family lived in Yonago City, Tottori Prefecture, and Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, due to her husband’s job transfer.
On 16 November 2024, she became the oldest known living person in Okayama Prefecture, following the death of Masako Soga (age 111) of Ibara City.
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
Persone viventi più longeve in Italia – Supercentenari d'Italia (supercentenariditalia.it)
24/02/2026 8:40 pm
R.I.P. Ms. Honda.
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."
-One Hundred Years of Solitude
25/02/2026 1:09 am
Rest in peace Ms Honda.
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22/03/2026 3:52 am
She is the 146th oldest person in Japanese history.
She is the 3rd oldest person in Okayama's history.
She was the oldest person in Okayama for 1 year, 95 days, the shortest time since Hanayo Hashimoto (October 8, 2022 - May 19, 2023 (223 days)).
She died at 112 years, 341 days, the oldest in that position since Kano Ebara, who died on June 14, 2020, at 113 years, 76 days.
She is the 6th person from Okayama City to be considered the oldest in Okayama, the first since Midori Tada, who died on October 8, 2022.
She is the oldest person born in 1913 to die to date.
She is the 572nd oldest person in history, alongside Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia (February 11, 1909 - January 18, 2022, Spain).
She was the 11th oldest living person. Old woman from Japan
She was the 30th oldest person in the world.
