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|Chiyo Miyako
 
|Chiyo Miyako
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|caption = Chiyo Miyako at the age of 114
 
|caption = Chiyo Miyako at the age of 114
 
|sex = Female
 
|sex = Female
 
|nationality = Japanese
 
|nationality = Japanese
 
|birthyr = 1901 |birthplace = Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
 
|birthyr = 1901 |birthplace = Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
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|deathyr = 2018 |deathplace = Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
 
|sort = Miyako, Chiyo
 
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}}'''Chiyo Miyako''' [Japanese: '''都 千代'''] (2 May 1901-22 July 2018) was a validated [[List of Japanese supercentenarians|Japanese supercentenarian]] who is, at the age of 117, the oldest living person in the world. She most recently lived in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture.<ref>[http://www.grg.org/Adams/TableE.html GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List] Gerontology Research Group</ref>
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}}'''Chiyo Miyako''' [Japanese: '''都 千代'''] (2 May 190122 July 2018) was a validated [[List of Japanese supercentenarians|Japanese supercentenarian]] who was the oldest living person in the world at the time of her death.
   
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==Biography==
Miyako was officially validated by the [[Gerontology Research Group]] on 3 August 2015. She has been the oldest living person in Kanagawa prefecture since the death of 114 year-old [[Kiyoko Ishiguro]] on 5 December 2015. She is the last surviving validated person born in 1901.
 
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Miyako was born on 2 May 1901 in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Her husband, Shoji, worked for Japanese National Railways, which meant that she had the chance to travel. She enjoyed calligraphy, which she learned during her childhood and practiced well in to her old age. Her favourite foods were sushi and eel. She was described as a "chatty goddess" by her family.
   
Miyako became the world's oldest living person upon the death of [[Nabi Tajima]] on 21 April 2018.
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Miyako was officially validated by the [[Gerontology Research Group]] on 3 August 2015. She became the oldest living person in Kanagawa following the death of 114 year-old [[Kiyoko Ishiguro]] on 5 December 2015, and the oldest person in Japan and the world following the death of [[Nabi Tajima]] on 21 April 2018. She was the last surviving validated person born in 1901.
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Miyako died in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture, on 22 July 2018 at the age of 117 years, 81 days. Her death came just as evidence of her applications for the title of oldest person living were approved by [[Guinness World Records]]. Following her death, Japanese woman [[Kane Tanaka]] became the world's oldest person.
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==Gallery==
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'''<gallery widths="200">
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Chiyo-Miyako-2.jpg|Standing (from left): Junichi (Chiyo's son), Shoji (Chiyo's husband)<br>Sitting: Kiku (Chiyo's mother), Toshiko (Chiyo's daughter), Chiyo
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Chiyo Miyako.jpg|Chiyo at the age of 114.
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</gallery>'''
   
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==References==
 
==References==
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*[http://www.grg.org/Adams/TableE.html GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List] Gerontology Research Group
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*[http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2018/7/oldest-person-title-officially-achieved-by-117-year-old-chiyo-miyako-before-her-d-534017 Oldest person title officially achieved by 117-year-old Chiyo Miyako before her death] Guinness World Records, 26 July 2018
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*[http://time.com/5350991/worlds-oldest-person-chiyo-miyako-dead/ Chiyo Miyako, the World's Oldest Person, Has Died at 117] TIME, 27 July 2018
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Revision as of 15:59, 5 June 2020

Chiyo Miyako
Chiyo Miyako
Chiyo Miyako at the age of 114
Birth: 2 May 1901
Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Death: 22 July 2018
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Age: 117 years, 81 days
Country: JapanJPN
Validated

Chiyo Miyako [Japanese: 都 千代] (2 May 1901 – 22 July 2018) was a validated Japanese supercentenarian who was the oldest living person in the world at the time of her death.

Biography

Miyako was born on 2 May 1901 in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Her husband, Shoji, worked for Japanese National Railways, which meant that she had the chance to travel. She enjoyed calligraphy, which she learned during her childhood and practiced well in to her old age. Her favourite foods were sushi and eel. She was described as a "chatty goddess" by her family.

Miyako was officially validated by the Gerontology Research Group on 3 August 2015. She became the oldest living person in Kanagawa following the death of 114 year-old Kiyoko Ishiguro on 5 December 2015, and the oldest person in Japan and the world following the death of Nabi Tajima on 21 April 2018. She was the last surviving validated person born in 1901.

Miyako died in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture, on 22 July 2018 at the age of 117 years, 81 days. Her death came just as evidence of her applications for the title of oldest person living were approved by Guinness World Records. Following her death, Japanese woman Kane Tanaka became the world's oldest person.

Gallery

References


World's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (VE)

Betsy BakerJennie HowellMarie CarstensonNancy RyanChristina Karnebeek-Backs • Marie Olsen • Mary Kelly • Elizabeth Kensley • William Fullingim • Hannah Smith • John Mosley Turner • Johanna Booysen • Marie Bernatkova • Ada Roe • Josefa Salas Mateo • Alice Stevenson • Elizabeth Watkins • Mito Umeta • Niwa Kawamoto • Sophia DeMuth • Marie-Virginie Duhem • Fannie Thomas • Augustine Tessier • Nellie Spencer • Emma WilsonAugusta Holtz • Mary McKinney • Anna Eliza Williams • Florence Knapp • Jeanne Calment • Marie-Louise Meilleur • Sarah Knauss • Eva Morris • Marie Bremont • Maud Farris-Luse • Grace Clawson • Adelina Domingues • Mae Harrington • Yukichi Chuganji • Mitoyo Kawate • Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan • Maria Capovilla • Elizabeth Bolden • Emiliano Mercado del Toro • Emma Tillman • Yone Minagawa • Edna Parker • Maria de Jesus • Gertrude Baines • Kama Chinen • Eugenie Blanchard • Maria Gomes Valentim • Besse Cooper • Dina Manfredini • Jiroemon Kimura • Misao Okawa • Gertrude Weaver • Jeralean Talley • Susannah Mushatt Jones • Emma Morano • Violet BrownNabi Tajima • Chiyo MiyakoKane TanakaLucile RandonMaria Branyas Morera


World's Oldest Living Woman Titleholders (VE)

Betsy BakerJennie HowellMarie CarstensonNancy RyanChristina Karnebeek-Backs • Marie Olsen • Mary Kelly • Elizabeth Kensley • Auguste Pahl • Hannah Smith • Yoshigiku Ito • Johanna Booysen • Marie Bernatkova • Ada Roe • Josefa Salas Mateo • Alice Stevenson • Elizabeth Watkins • Mito Umeta • Niwa Kawamoto • Sophia DeMuth • Marie-Virginie Duhem • Fannie Thomas • Augustine Tessier • Nellie Spencer • Emma Wilson • Augusta Holtz • Mary McKinney • Anna Eliza Williams • Florence Knapp • Jeanne Calment • Marie-Louise Meilleur • Sarah Knauss • Eva Morris • Marie Bremont • Maud Farris-Luse • Grace Clawson • Adelina Domingues • Mae Harrington • Mitoyo Kawate • Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan • Maria Capovilla • Elizabeth Bolden • Julie Winnefred Bertrand • Emma Tillman • Yone Minagawa • Edna Parker • Maria de Jesus • Gertrude Baines • Kama Chinen • Eugenie Blanchard • Maria Gomes Valentim • Besse Cooper • Dina Manfredini • Koto Okubo • Misao Okawa • Gertrude Weaver • Jeralean Talley • Susannah Mushatt Jones • Emma Morano • Violet Brown • Nabi Tajima • Chiyo MiyakoKane TanakaLucile RandonMaria Branyas Morera