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'''Yasutaro Koide '''('''小出 保太郎''') (13 March 1903—19 January 2016) was a [[List of oldest validated supercentenarians|verified ]] [[List of Japanese supercentenarians|Japanese]] [[supercentenarian]], recognised as the oldest living man in the world from the death of 112-year old [[Sakari Momoi]] on 5 July 2015 until his own death six months later. He was also the oldest living person in Aichi Prefecture and the fourth oldest ever verified Japanese man on record.<ref>GRG</ref>
 
'''Yasutaro Koide '''('''小出 保太郎''') (13 March 1903—19 January 2016) was a [[List of oldest validated supercentenarians|verified ]] [[List of Japanese supercentenarians|Japanese]] [[supercentenarian]], recognised as the oldest living man in the world from the death of 112-year old [[Sakari Momoi]] on 5 July 2015 until his own death six months later. He was also the oldest living person in Aichi Prefecture and the fourth oldest ever verified Japanese man on record.<ref>GRG</ref>
   

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Yasutaro Koide
Yasutaro Koide
Birth: 13 March 1903
Tsuruga, Fukui, Japan
Death: 19 January 2016
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Age: 112 years, 312 days
Country: JapanJPN
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Yasutaro Koide (小出 保太郎) (13 March 1903—19 January 2016) was a verified Japanese supercentenarian, recognised as the oldest living man in the world from the death of 112-year old Sakari Momoi on 5 July 2015 until his own death six months later. He was also the oldest living person in Aichi Prefecture and the fourth oldest ever verified Japanese man on record.[1]

Biography

Koide was born on 13 March 1903 in Tsuruga, Fukui, where he worked as a tailor for a men’s clothes shop. At the age of 107, he moved to Nagoya city to be with his daughter. On 21 August 2015, he was officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living man. It was reported he was able to read without glasses, could eat without dentures and was able to walk around in his house.[2]

He died of heart failure and pneumonia at 0:17 AM on 19 January 2016, aged 112 years, 312 days.[3]

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