Jiroemon Kimura

Jiroemon Kimura ( 木村 次郎右衛門   Kimura Jirōemon, born 19 April 1897) is a Japnese supercentenarian who is currently the oldest verified person living and also the oldest verified man in the history ever. He is also the last verified person to be born in the year 1897 after  Koto Okubo 's death and the second oldest Japanese in the history. He became the oldest man ever on 28th December 2012,beating  Christian Mortensen 's record of 115 years and 252 days  He outlived his wife,his siblings, two of his children including his eldest son and also suprisingly one grandson.He is the first man and the 9th person to reach 116.

Birth date Complication
According to one of his nephew and probably family,Kimura was actually born on 19th March,1897 but in 1955 his birthdate was noted down wrong,but still this is unconfirmed.If he was actually born on 19th March,he would have become the oldest person after the death of Besse Cooper.However GRG still recognizes it as 19 April 1897.And if he was actually born on 19th March then he would have Suprassed Mortensen on 28th November instead of a month later and would have suprassed Maggie Barnes on 5th February instead.If  19th March is his actual birth date,then he would be 116 already by now and would have become the first man to reach it.

Longevity
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