Ura Koyama

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Ura Koyama (小山ウラ Koyama Ura, August 30, 1890 - April 5, 2005) of Iizuka became the oldest person in Japan upon the death of Mitoyo Kawate in November 2003.

By early December 2004 she had become the third-oldest documented person in the world at the time. Some months later, however, she died of pneumonia at age 114. With her death, Yone Minagawa became the oldest known living person in Japan and, subsequently, the world's oldest at age 114.