List of supercentenarians from Asia

These are lists of Asian supercentenarians (people from Asia who have attained the age of at least 110 years). According to the Gerontology Research Group, the oldest verified Asian person ever is Misao Okawa from Japan, who died on 1 April 2015, aged 117 years, 27 days.[1] The oldest verified man is Jiroemon Kimura, also from Japan, who died 12 June 2013, aged 116 years, 54 days. As of 12 August 2017, there are 22 verified living supercentenarians in Asia,[1] the oldest of whom is Nabi Tajima of Japan, born 4 August 1900, aged 117 years, 8 days.

The vast majority of verified Asian cases of supercentenarians come from Japan which has kept birth records for more than a century while other Asian countries have historically been less meticulous about keeping such records. According to The Washington Post, China and India have many supercentenarians, but none are confirmed as the governments did not track births prior to the early 1900s.[2] There have been 4 verified emigrant supercentenarians from Asia, the oldest of whom is Indian woman Lucy d'Abreu who died in the United Kingdom on 7 December 2005, aged 113 years, 197 days.

50 oldest Asian people ever

  Deceased   Living
†^ denotes age at death, or, if living, age as of 12 August 2017

Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age [†] Country of birth Country of residence
or death
1 Misao Okawa[1] F 5 March 1898 1 April 2015 117 years, 27 days Japan Japan
2 Jang Bahadur Bhagat[1] F 01 Februry 1900 2 August 2017 117 years, 192 days INDIA INDIA
3 Nabi Tajima[1] F 4 August 1900 Living 117 years, 8 days Japan Japan
4 Tane Ikai[3] F 18 January 1879 12 July 1995 116 years, 175 days Japan Japan
5 Chiyo Miyako[1] F 2 May 1901 Living 116 years, 102 days Japan Japan
5 Jiroemon Kimura[1] M 19 April 1897 12 June 2013 116 years, 54 days Japan Japan
6 Anonymous of Tokyo[1][4] F 15 March 1900 27 September 2015 115 years, 196 days Japan Japan
7 Koto Okubo[5] F 24 December 1897 12 January 2013 115 years, 19 days Japan Japan
8 Chiyono Hasegawa[6] F 20 November 1896 2 December 2011 115 years, 12 days Japan Japan
9 Kama Chinen[7] F 10 May 1895 2 May 2010 114 years, 357 days Japan Japan
10 Kiyoko Ishiguro[1] F 4 March 1901 5 December 2015 114 years, 276 days Japan Japan
11 Yukie Hino[1] F 17 April 1902 13 January 2017 114 years, 271 days Japan Japan
12 Hide Ohira[3] F 15 September 1880 9 May 1995 114 years, 236 days Japan Japan
13 Kane Tanaka[1] F 2 January 1903 Living 114 years, 222 days Japan Japan
14 Yone Minagawa[8] F 4 January 1893 13 August 2007 114 years, 221 days Japan Japan
15 Ura Koyama[3] F 30 August 1890 5 April 2005 114 years, 218 days Japan Japan
16 Mitsue Toyoda[1] F 15 February 1902 25 August 2016 114 years, 192 days Japan Japan
17 Tase Matsunaga[3] F 11 May 1884 18 November 1998 114 years, 191 days Japan Japan
18 Yukichi Chuganji[3] M 23 March 1889 28 September 2003 114 years, 189 days Japan Japan
19 Kame Nakamura[9] F 8 March 1898 12 September 2012 114 years, 188 days Japan Japan
20 Mitoyo Kawate[3] F 15 May 1889 13 November 2003 114 years, 182 days Japan Japan
21 Toshie Yorimitsu F 30 September 1901 28 February 2016 114 years, 151 days Japan Japan
22 Iso Nakamura[1] F 23 April 1903 Living 114 years, 111 days Japan Japan
23 Chiyo Shiraishi[3] F 6 August 1895 19 November 2009 114 years, 105 days Japan Japan
24 Asa Takii[3] F 28 April 1884 31 July 1998 114 years, 94 days Japan Japan
25 Waka Shirahama[3] F 23 March 1878 16 June 1992 114 years, 85 days Japan Japan
26 Suekiku Miyanaga[3] F 7 April 1884 20 June 1998 114 years, 74 days Japan Japan
27 Shige Hirooka[6] F 16 January 1897 29 March 2011 114 years, 72 days Japan Japan
28 Tae Ito[1] F 11 July 1903 Living 114 years, 32 days Japan Japan
29 Hatsue Ono[9] F 31 October 1898 17 October 2012 113 years, 352 days Japan Japan
30 Yasu Akino[3] F 1 March 1885 12 February 1999 113 years, 348 days Japan Japan
31 Yisrael Kristal[1] M 15 September 1903 11 August 2017 113 years, 330 days Poland Israel
32 Tsuneyo Toyonaga[10] F 21 May 1894 22 February 2008 113 years, 277 days Japan Japan
33 Tomoji Tanabe[11] M 18 September 1895 19 June 2009 113 years, 274 days Japan Japan
34 Mitsue Nagasaki[1] F 18 September 1899 17 June 2013 113 years, 272 days Japan Japan
35 Shizue Nagata[1] F 25 July 1903 12 April 2017 113 years, 261 days Japan Japan
36 Hatsuno Goto[1] F 1 September 1903 15 May 2017 113 years, 256 days Japan Japan
37 Shitsu Nakano[8] F 1 January 1894 19 August 2007 113 years, 230 days Japan Japan
38 Anonymous of Chiba[1] F 12 January 1904 Living 113 years, 212 days Japan Japan
39 Kuma Kobayashi[1] F 8 February 1904 Living 113 years, 185 days Japan Japan
40 Masa Iseri[1] F 19 September 1902 5 March 2016 113 years, 168 days Japan Japan
41 Tsurue Amou[1] F 1 March 1904 Living 113 years, 164 days Japan Japan
42 Koito Furukawa[1] F 8 May 1901 11 October 2014 113 years, 156 days Japan Japan
43 Yoshino Tanaka[1] F 3 March 1900 30 July 2013 113 years, 149 days Japan Japan
44 Terue Ashida[1] F 20 September 1899 15 February 2013 113 years, 148 days Japan Japan
45 Tomoe Iwata[1] F 25 March 1904 Living 113 years, 140 days Japan Japan
46 Komiya Miyazaki[6] F 20 August 1897 4 January 2011 113 years, 137 days Japan Japan
47 Shin Matsushita[1] F 30 March 1904 Living 113 years, 135 days Japan Japan
48 Yoshiyo Bessho[1] F 1 April 1904 Living 113 years, 133 days Japan Japan
49 Mise Ito[3] F 6 November 1890 18 March 2004 113 years, 133 days Japan Japan
50 Jun Kitamasu[1] F 2 March 1900 11 July 2013 113 years, 131 days Japan Japan

Oldest Asian emigrants ever

Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age [†] Country of birth Country of residence
or death
1 Lucy d'Abreu[12] F 24 May 1892 7 December 2005 113 years, 197 days India[a] United Kingdom
2 Ito Konno Kinase[12] F 31 December 1889 24 January 2003 113 years, 24 days Japan United States
3 Ethel Farrell[1] F 27 November 1902 20 December 2015 113 years, 23 days India[b] Australia
4 Mabel Maloyan[1] F 26 December 1881 15 November 1992 110 years, 325 days Armenia[c] United States

a^ d'Abreu was born in Dharwar, which was then part of the British Raj. It is now in India.
b^ Farrell was born in British Raj. It is now in India.
c^ Maloyan was born in Russian Empire. It is now in Armenia.

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