Nabi Tajima

Nabi Tajima
Native name 田島 ナビ
Born 4 August 1900
(age 115 years, 277 days)
Wan Village (currently Kikai Town), Kagoshima, Japan
Residence Kikai, Kagoshima, Japan
Nationality Japanese
Known for Oldest living person in Japan[1]
Children 9

Nabi Tajima (田島 ナビ Tajima Nabi, born 4 August 1900)[2][3] is a Japanese supercentenarian who is, at the age of 115 years, 277 days, the oldest verified living person in Japan[1] and the world's 4th oldest verified living person behind Susannah Mushatt Jones, Emma Morano and Violet Brown. Tajima is the 4th oldest Japanese person ever recorded (behind Misao Okawa, Tane Ikai and Jiroemon Kimura), the third oldest Japanese woman ever recorded and the longest lived person ever recorded in Kyushu.

Biography

Tajima was born in Araki, an area of what was then Wan Village, in the westernmost part of Kikaijima Island, and currently resides in Kikai. She had 9 children (7 sons and 2 daughters).[4] As of September 2011, she had 28 grandchildren, 56 great-grandchildren and 35 great-great-grandchildren.[5] As of September 2015, she had over 140 descendants, including great-great-great grandchildren.[4] Tajima became the oldest living person in Japan on 27 September 2015, upon the death of a 115 year-old anonymous woman who was living in Tokyo.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "国内最高齢の１１５歳女性が死去" [Oldest Person in Japan 115yo Woman Dies] (in Japanese). 28 September 2015. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Schumann, Rebecka (9 June 2014). "Misao Okawa, The World’s Oldest Woman, And 39 Other Female Supercentenarians". International Business Times. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Guinness World Records 2015. Guinness World Records. 11 September 2014. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-9088-4370-8.
  4. 1 2 "「ナビばあちゃんちばりよー」／喜界町の田島さんに県祝い状" ["Grandma Nabi" - Kikai City holds provincial celebration for Mrs. Tajima] (in Japanese). 16 September 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "広報きかい" [Kikai News] (PDF) (in Japanese). Kikai Town Hall. September 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2015.


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