Michiko Yamazaki

Michiko Yamazaki
Birth:	28 July 1905 Minamiminowa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Death:	31 October 2019 Minamiminowa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Age:	114 years, 95 days
Country:	JPN
Unvalidated

Michiko Yamazaki (Japanese: 山崎通子; 28 July 1905 – 31 October 2019) was a Japanese supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography

Michiko Yamazaki was born in the village of Minamiminowa, Japan on 28 July 1905, the second-oldest of four daughters. She lived in the same place as of September 2019, according to the MHLW, Japan.

Yamazaki died in Minamiminowa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan on 31 October 2019 at the age of 114 years, 95 days. She was the third-oldest known living person in Japan at the time of her death, behind Kane Tanaka and Shigeyo Nakachi. She also outlived Kame Ganeko, who was born a few months earlier and also died in October.

Yamazaki may have been the oldest known person ever from Nagano Prefecture.

Gallery

Yamazaki on her 108th birthday in July 2013 (article from Minamiminowa newspaper)

Yamazaki at the age of 110

Yamazaki in March 2019, aged 113

References

• Mention at 110 Akira Kakiuchi on Facebook, 31 July 2015
• Mention at 111 Akira Kakiuchi on Facebook, 29 July 2016
• Mention at 113 からさわ on Twitter, 24 August 2018
• Mention of Michiko Yamazaki at 114 (dead link)
• Blog post mentioning her death 14 October 2020