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Katsue Hiraishi
Katsue Hiraishi
Katsue Hiraishi on her 106th birthday in 2010.
Birth: 9 June 1904
Tokushima, Japan
Death: 6 November 2017
Tokushima City, Tokushima, Japan
Age: 113 years, 150 days
Country: JapanJPN
Validated

Katsue Hiraishi [Japanese: 平石カツヱ] (9 June 1904 – 6 November 2017) was a Japanese supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography

Katsue Hiraishi was born in Japan on 9 June 1904.

Hiraishi lived in Phoenix Nursing Home and liked to practice calligraphy. She was the oldest person in Tokushima Prefecture for less than a day.

She died on 6 November 2017 at 10:39 PM, aged 113 years, 150 days, on the same day as Tsurue Amou, the oldest person in her prefecture; however, a few hours after her, meaning that on 6 November 2017 she was briefly the oldest person in the prefecture.

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