Nabi Tajima

Nabi Tajima
Native name 田島 ナビ
Born (1900-08-04)4 August 1900
(age 117 years, 7 days)
Wan Village (now Kikai Town), Kagoshima, Japan
Residence Kikai, Kagoshima, Japan
Nationality Japanese
Known for Oldest living person in Japan
(since 27 September 2015)[1]
Second oldest person in the world
(since 15 April 2017)[2]
Children 9

Nabi Tajima (田島 ナビ, Tajima Nabi, born 4 August 1900)[3][4] is a Japanese supercentenarian who is, at the age of 117 years, 7 days, the oldest verified living person in Japan[1] and the world's second oldest verified living person behind Violet Brown. Since the death of Emma Morano on 15 April 2017,[2] she and Brown are the two last surviving people born in the 19th century.[5] She is also the second oldest verified Japanese person ever behind Misao Okawa.

Biography

Tajima was born in Araki, an area which was then Wan Village, in the westernmost part of Kikaijima Island and currently resides in Kikai. She has 9 children (7 sons and 2 daughters).[6] As of September 2011, she had 28 grandchildren, 56 great-grandchildren and 35 great-great-grandchildren.[7] As of September 2015, she had over 140 descendants, including great-great-great-grandchildren.[6] Tajima became the oldest living person in Japan on 27 September 2015, upon the death of a 115-year-old anonymous woman who was living in Tokyo.[1]

It has been claimed that the key to Tajima's longevity is eating delicious things and sleeping well. She mostly eats ramen noodles and rice mackerel sushi.[8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "国内最高齢の１１５歳女性が死去" [Oldest Person in Japan 115yo Woman Dies] (in Japanese). 28 September 2015. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 世界最高齢、１１７歳女性死去＝最後の１８００年代生まれ－伊 (in Japanese)
  3. ↑ Schumann, Rebecka (9 June 2014). "Misao Okawa, The World’s Oldest Woman, And 39 Other Female Supercentenarians". International Business Times. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Guinness World Records 2015. Guinness World Records. 11 September 2014. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-9088-4370-8.
  5. ↑ Oldest living woman is the last survivor of the 1800s
  6. 1 2 "「ナビばあちゃんちばりよー」／喜界町の田島さんに県祝い状" ["Grandma Nabi" - Kikai City holds provincial celebration for Mrs. Tajima] (in Japanese). 16 September 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "広報きかい" [Kikai News] (PDF) (in Japanese). Kikai Town Hall. September 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Diet Secrets of People Who Lived For More Than 100 Years". July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.


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