Denzo Ishizaki

Denzō Ishizaki (石崎 伝蔵 Ishizaki Denzō, 20 October 1886 – 29 April 1999) was for a short time Japan's oldest living person and the world's oldest livingman. He lived in Ibaraki Prefecture. Ishizaki became the world's oldest recognized man following the death of 113-years old Walter Richardson on 25 December 1998 He became Japan's oldest person following the death of Yasu Akino on 12 February 1999, who was 113. Ishizaki died at the age of 112 years 191 days,as the 9th oldest living person in the world. As world's oldest man, he was succeeded in title by then Spanish 111-year-old Antonio Urrea-Hernández.