Oldest Japanese Person By Prefecture
This is a list of the oldest people from each prefecture, note that the list contains the oldest Japanese supercentenarian by prefecture of birth.
Deceased (Verified) Living (Verified) Pending Age disputed Unverified
| Prefecture | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aichi | Tane Ikai | F | 18 January 1879 | 12 July 1995 | 116 years, 175 days |
| Akita | |||||
| Aomori | Sakura Kishi | F | 28 September 1899 | 24 February 2011 | 111 years, 149 days |
| Chiba | |||||
| Ehime | |||||
| Fukui | |||||
| Fukuoka | Yone Minagawa | F | 4 January 1893 | 13 August 2007 | 114 years, 221 days |
| Fukushima | Shike Sato | F | 16 March 1900 | 22 August 2011 | 111 years, 159 days |
| Gifu | Tanekichi Onishi | M | 15 February 1900 | 11 September 2011 | 111 years, 208 days |
| Gunma | |||||
| Hiroshima | Ura Koyama | F | 30 August 1890 | 5 April 2005 | 114 years, 218 days |
| Hokkaidō | Mie Ishiguro | F | 2 June 1888 | 14 August 2001 | 113 years, 73 days |
| Hyōgo | Giichi Okumura | M | 18 October 1896 | 13 October 2007 | 110 years, 360 days |
| Ibaraki | |||||
| Ishikawa | |||||
| Iwate | Hatsue Ono | F | 31 October 1898 | 17 October 2012 | 113 years, 352 days |
| Kagawa | Yoshio Nakagawa | M | 19 December 1901 | 16 November 2012 | 110 years, 333 days |
| Kagoshima | Waka Shirahama | F | 23 March 1878 | 16 June 1992 | 114 years, 85 days |
| Kanagawa | |||||
| Kōchi | Toshie Yorimitsu | F | 30 September 1901 | Living | 7002111000000000000111 years, 7002273000000000000273 days |
| Kumamoto | Mitsue Nagasaki | F | 18 September 1899 | 17 June 2013 | 113 years, 272 days |
| Kyoto | Jiroemon Kimura | M | 19 April 1897 | 12 June 2013 | 116 years, 54 days |
| Mie | |||||
| Miyagi | |||||
| Miyazaki | Tomoji Tanabe | M | 18 September 1895 | 19 June 2009 | 113 years, 274 days |
| Nagano | |||||
| Nagasaki | |||||
| Nara | |||||
| Niigata | Tase Matsunaga | F | 11 May 1884 | 18 November 1998 | 114 years, 191 days |
| Ōita | |||||
| Okayama | Masayo Okamoto | F | 21 September 1901 | Living | 7002111000000000000111 years, 7002282000000000000282 days |
| Okinawa | Kama Chinen | F | 10 May 1895 | 2 May 2010 | 114 years, 357 days |
| Osaka | Misao Okawa | F | 5 March 1898 | Living | 7002115000000000000115 years, 7002117000000000000117 days |
| Saga | Chiyono Hasegawa | F | 20 November 1896 | 2 December 2011 | 115 years, 12 days |
| Saitama | |||||
| Shiga | Haru Kitagawa | F | 23 January 1900 | 2 April 2011 | 111 years, 69 days |
| Shimane | |||||
| Shizuoka | |||||
| Tochigi | |||||
| Tokushima | |||||
| Tokyo | Koto Okubo | F | 24 December 1897 | 12 January 2013 | 115 years, 19 days |
| Tottori | |||||
| Toyama | |||||
| Wakayama | Hide Ohira | F | 15 September 1880 | 9 May 1995 | 114 years, 236 days |
| Yamagata | Matsu Adachi | F | 1 January 1903 | Living | 7002110000000000000110 years, 7002180000000000000180 days |
| Yamaguchi | Sue Utagawa | F | 19 January 1884 | 4 May 1997 | 113 years, 105 days |
| Yamanashi |
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