Sakari Momoi

Sakari Momoi
Native name 百井 盛
Born (1903-02-05)February 5, 1903
Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Died July 5, 2015(2015-07-05)
(aged 112 years, 150 days)
Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Cause of death Kidney failure
Nationality Japanese
Occupation Educator
Known for Oldest living man in the world (June 8, 2014 – July 5, 2015)

Sakari Momoi (百井 盛 Momoi Sakari, February 5, 1903 – July 5, 2015) was a Japanese supercentenarian who was the world's oldest living man from the death of Alexander Imich on June 8, 2014 (Imich was only one day older than Momoi), until his own death on July 5, 2015.[1]

Biography

He was born on February 5, 1903 in Fukushima Prefecture. Momoi served as the first president of Hanawa Fukushima Prefectural Technical High School from 1948 to 1951[2] and as the principal of Saitama Prefectural Yono High School from 1953 to 1959.[3] He was decorated with the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 4th Class.[4]

He became oldest living man in Japan upon the death of Jokichi Ikarashi in July 2013.[5] In an interview on Respect for the Aged Day in September 2013, he told reporters that he wanted to live for two more years. On June 10, 2014, it was reported that Momoi had been hospitalized in Tokyo,[6] where he also celebrated his 112th birthday.[7]

Momoi died at a hospital in Saitama, Saitama, Japan from kidney failure at the age of 112 years, 150 days.[8] He was succeeded as the world's oldest man by Yasutaro Koide.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hongo, Jun (2015-07-07). "Oldest Man in the World Dies at 112". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
  2. ↑ 祝：本校初代校長・百井盛様が男性長寿日本一に！ [Congratulations: First president of this school, Sakari Momoi, becomes oldest man in Japan] (in Japanese). Japan: Hanawa Technical High School. Archived from the original on 2014-03-22. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
  3. ↑ 5代校長が、国内最高齢男性となる。 Saitama Prefectural Yono high school (Japanese) Archived December 13, 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Japanese man 'oldest in the world', aged 111". BBC News. 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  5. ↑ "さいたまの１１０歳百井さん、国内最高齢男性に". Saitama-np.co.jp. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013.
  6. ↑ さいたま市の百井盛さん、男性世界最高齢に [Saitama's Sakari Momoi becomes world's oldest man]. Yomiuri Online (in Japanese). Japan: The Yomiuri Shimbun. June 10, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  7. ↑ World's oldest man Sakari Momoi celebrates 112th birthday in Tokyo ibtimes.com
  8. 1 2 World's oldest man dies at 112 in Japan
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