Tomoji Tanabe | |
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Birth: | 18 September 1895 Miyakonojo, Miyazaki, Japan |
Death: | 19 June 2009 Miyakonojo, Miyazaki, Japan |
Age: | 113 years, 274 days |
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Tomoji Tanabe (18 September 1895 – 19 June 2009) was a Japanese supercentenarian who was, at the time of death, the world's oldest male. On his death, Henry Allingham became the world's oldest living man. He became the oldest validated living man on 28 January 2007, after the death of 115-year old Emiliano Mercado del Toro, who was over 4 years older than him and despite being the youngest man to hold the title since John Painter (over 7 years before), he kept the title for over 2 years and reached 113 until his death from a heart disease[1].
Tanabe lived his life in Japan, and, at age 112, was extremely healthy. He maintained a careful, alcohol-free diet, and until near his death took long walks by himself every day. In his last years, distant supercentenarian watchers naively predicted he would one day be the oldest living person in the world due to his apparent health. He did manage to rank among the 100 oldest persons and the 10 oldest men ever documented. He is still in the Top12 of oldest verified man ever. He also worked as a land surveyor and civil engineer.
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Japan's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
Ikumatsu Matsuura • Masakichi Kai • Goro Usuyama • Shizuo Jinjiang • Kokuzo Iwate • Eisaku Takada • Hisaharu Arai • Chojiro Goto • Yozotaro Yoshikawa • Masutaro Sato • Takataro Hiragushi • Mataichi Ono • Shotaro Tanaka • Rinzo Shimizu • Koji Onishi • Inasaku Abe • Mokotaru Osada • Eiju Tsuru • Kiichi Fujiwara • Nisaburo Matsuyama • Shimetaro Hara • Gihei Oka • Gengan Tonaki • Denzo Ishizaki • Sadayoshi Tanabe • Yukichi Chuganji • Kameni Nakamura • Minsho Ozawa • Totaro Murakami • Kohachi Shigetaka • Nijiro Tokuda • Tomoji Tanabe • Jiroemon Kimura • Jokichi Ikarashi • Sakari Momoi • Yasutaro Koide • Masamitsu Yoshida • Masazo Nonaka • Chitetsu Watanabe • Issaku Tomoe • Shojiro Shirai • Motoi Fukunishi • Mikizo Ueda |