Misao Okawa

Misao Okawa (romanized as Misawo Okawa) (5 March, 1898—April 1, 2015) was a Japanese supercentenarian who is the verified oldest person ever from Japan and Asia and also was the oldest living person in the world from the death of the 116-year old Jiroemon Kimura, who was also the verified oldest man ever, until her own death on April 1, 2015, after which Gertrude Weaver (also born 1898) became the oldest living person, though for only five days.She was also the oldest living woman after the death of Koto Okubo on January 12, 2013 until her own death.She is the 5th oldest person on record.

Life
She married her husband, Yukio in 1919, who ran his own business in Kobe and had three children,two daughters and a son. As of February 2013, only one of her daughter Shizuyo (age 93) and son Hiroshi (age 95), were still alive as of the time of her death. Her husband died on 20 June 1931. In 2000, she broke her leg at the age of 102. But she said that she was doing leg squats. She was able to walk until she was 110, after which she needed a wheelchair to prevent her from falling over.