| Tane Ikai | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 18, 1879 Japan |
| Died | July 12, 1995 (aged 116 years, 175 days) Nagoya, Japan |
| Occupation | Supercentenarian |
Tane Ikai (猪飼 たね Ikai Tane, January 18, 1879 – July 12, 1995)[1] holds the record as the oldest undisputed person ever from Japan. She was also the oldest undisputed person ever from Asia.
Ikai became Japan's oldest person at age 113 in 1992 following the death of 114-year-old Waka Shirahama.[2] She outlived her daughter and three sons. Ikai moved to a retirement home in 1972 at age 93 and enjoyed sewing and pottery making until she suffered a stroke at 99.[1] She suffered from another stroke at age 113 and had been bed-ridden since. She had three meals of a rice porridge (known as "okayu") a day. She died at age 116 years, 175 days (see List of the world's oldest people) of kidney failure in Nagoya.[2] Her body was the first of a supercentenarian known to be autopsied.
On January 18, 1995, Ikai turned 116, and became the third fully validated person to reach that age (first being Jeanne Calment in 1991). She was the last surviving person documented as being born in 1879. She was also the oldest fully authenticated Japanese person to ever hold the title of oldest living person.
She was one of the two last living links from the 1870s, the other being Jeanne Calment.