Kohachi Shigetaka (重高 小八, Shigetaka Kohachi?, May 10, 1895 – July 3, 2005) was a supercentenarian and the oldest male in Japan from July 2004 until his death from pneumonia, aged 110 years 54 days old. Shigetaka was Japan's first male supercentenarian since Yukichi Chuganji, who died over one and a half years before Shigetaka reached supercentenarian status. Japan's oldest man on record is Jiroemon Kimura (1897–present), who is currently living at age 7002115000000000000115 years, 7002226000000000000226 days.
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| Preceded by Totaro Murakami |
Oldest living Japanese man 30 July 2004 – 3 July 2005 |
Succeeded by Nijiro Tokuda |