Torinosuke Iida

Torinosuke Iida (Japanese: 飯田酉之助; born 25 December 1909) is a Japanese supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography
Iida was born in Yatabe (present-day Tsukuba), Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, on 25 December 1909. He had two older brothers. After he graduated from an elementary school in 1926, his parents suggested that "the Western era is coming soon" and he began working as a tailor at a relative's shop in Asakusa, Tokyo, where he worked for next 5 years. At the age of 24, he opened a clothing store where he worked until the age of 90. At the age of 29, he went to the Second Sino-Japanese War. He was on the battlefield for 3 years. At that time, his wife worked in their clothing store alone. His wife, Haru, died in 1995.

His only daughter, Yukiko, was alive in 2018, aged 85. In September 2019, he was confirmed as the oldest living man in Ibaraki Prefecture. He celebrated his 110th birthday in December 2019.

Iida currently lives in Shimotsuma, Ibaraki, Japan, at the age of.