Shizuko Kiyuna (JPN, 1912-Present)

Topic starter 21/07/2025 2:58 pm

Shizuko Kiyuna (喜友名静子) was born in Shimoseido, Chatan Town, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, on 10 June 1912, as the youngest of eleven siblings. After graduating from school, she spent her youth helping her parents farm sugar cane in the fields of Chatan.

At the age of 17, she married and went on to have four children.

At 98, after fracturing her leg, she moved into a nursing home. Until around the age of 103, she returned home during Obon and New Year holidays. Even at 106, she could maneuver her wheelchair independently and visited other residents’ rooms to greet them each day.

At age 113, she was visited by her grandchildren and other family members in celebration of her birthday.

In September 2020, she was reported as the 14th-oldest living person in Okinawa Prefecture.

On 4 July 2023, following the death of 114-year-old Ushi Makishi, she became the oldest living person in Chatan Town.

In September 2023, she was reported as the third-oldest living person in Okinawa Prefecture, behind an anonymous 114-year-old lady and Kikue Taira. She likely became the oldest known living person in Okinawa Prefecture, following the death of 113-year-old Kikue Taira on 18 April 2024.

Her age was verified by Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW), as well as Yumi Yamamoto, Yu Li, and Eiko Kiyuna, and validated by LongeviQuest on 29 November 2023.

As of 21 July 2025, she lives in Chatan, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan as one of the 25 fully validated World's OLP.

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Ms. Kiyuna (second from the left) with her family in 1960, at the age of 48.

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In her 60s, with her husband.

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On her 105th birthday in 2017.

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In April 2018, at the age of 105.

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Aged 112 in September 2024.

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At the age of 112.