| Suekiku Miyanaga | |
 Suekiku Miyanaga at the age of 114. | |
| Birth: | 7 April 1884 Osumi, Kagoshima, Japan |
| Death: | 20 June 1998 Osumi, Kagoshima, Japan |
| Age: | 114 years, 74 days |
| Country: |  JPN
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| Validated | |
Suekiku Miyanaga [Japanese: 宮永スエキク] (7 April 1884 – 20 June 1998) was a Japanese supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of her passing, she was the oldest living person in Japan.
Biography
Early Life
Suekiku Miyanaga was born in Osumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan on 7 April 1884.
In 1908, while she was in her early 20s, she married and eventually had 11 children in total (seven daughters and four sons).
Not much is known about her earlier life, but her obituary mentions her being a vegetarian. In addition, she had a passion for music and played the guitar well into her mid-centenarian years.
Later Life
In her later years, Miyanaga resided in a nursing home in Osumi Province in the Southeast part of Kagoshima Prefecture. On 5 May 1997, she became the oldest living Japanese person after the death of Sue Utagawa.
Suekiku Miyanaga died in a hospital in Osumi, Kagoshima, Japan on 20 June 1998 at the age of 114 years, 74 days. At the time of her death, she was the second-oldest living validated person in the world, after Sarah Knauss. Only two of her children were still alive after her death. She was the oldest validated person ever from Kagoshima Prefecture, until Nabi Tajima surpassed her age on 18 October 2014.
References
- １００歳以上、６０００人超える 西高東低なお続く－－全国高齢者名簿（長寿番付） Mainichi Shimbun (Tokyo Evening Edition), 8 September 1995 (page 12)
- １００歳…年輪刻み、輝く顔－－厚生省、「長寿番付」を発表 Mainichi Shimbun (Tokyo Evening Edition), 10 September 1996 (page 8)
- Japan's oldest person dies at 113 New Straits Times, 5 May 1997
- １００歳、素顔キラリ－－厚生省発表の長寿番付 Mainichi Shimbun (Tokyo Evening Edition), 9 September 1997 (page 8)
- Japan's oldest woman dies at 114 Lethbridge Herald, 21 June 1998
- 114-year-old woman, oldest Japanese The Record, 22 June 1998 (page 10)
| Japan's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • T • E) |
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Waka Shirahama • Tane Ikai • Sue Utagawa • Suekiku Miyanaga • Asa Takii • Tase Matsunaga • Yasu Akino • Denzo Ishizaki • Kayo Fujii • Mie Ishiguro • Matsuno Oikawa • Yukichi Chuganji • Mitoyo Kawate • Ura Koyama • Yone Minagawa • Shitsu Nakano • Tsuneyo Toyonaga • Kaku Yamanaka • Kama Chinen • Chiyono Hasegawa • Jiroemon Kimura • Misao Okawa • Anonymous (Tokyo) • Nabi Tajima • Chiyo Miyako • Kane Tanaka • Fusa Tatsumi • Tomiko Itooka |
| Japan's Oldest Living Woman Titleholders (V • E) |
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Sue Watanabe • Unknown • Tome Yoshida • Haru Komai • Ishi Hayashi • Yoshigiku Ito • Tome Horigome • Haruno Shimada • Mito Umeta • Niwa Kawamoto • Isa Nakayama • Man Ichikawa • Koume Kabira • Matsu Yoshikuni • Koharu Kodaira • Oto Michii • Toka Miyata • Momu Okuma • Ine Tsugawa • Seki Takehara • Waka Shirahama • Tane Ikai • Sue Utagawa • Suekiku Miyanaga • Asa Takii • Tase Matsunaga • Yasu Akino • Kayo Fujii • Mie Ishiguro • Matsuno Oikawa • Mitoyo Kawate • Ura Koyama • Yone Minagawa • Shitsu Nakano • Tsuneyo Toyonaga • Kaku Yamanaka • Kama Chinen • Chiyono Hasegawa • Koto Okubo • Misao Okawa • Anonymous (Tokyo) • Nabi Tajima • Chiyo Miyako • Kane Tanaka • Fusa Tatsumi • Tomiko Itooka |