Nabi Tajima
Nabi Tajima | |
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Native name | 田島 ナビ |
Born |
4 August 1900 (age 116 years, 125 days) Wan Village (currently Kikai Town), Kagoshima, Japan |
Residence | Kikai, Kagoshima, Japan |
Nationality | Japanese |
Known for |
Oldest living person in Japan (since 27 September 2015)[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 116 years, 125 days, the oldest verified living person in Japan[1] and the world's 3rd oldest verified living person behind Emma Morano and Violet Brown. Tajima is the 3rd oldest verified Japanese person ever (behind Misao Okawa and Tane Ikai) 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]
See also
- Oldest people
- List of supercentenarians from Asia
- List of the verified oldest people
- List of the verified oldest women
References
- 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.
- ↑ Schumann, Rebecka (9 June 2014). "Misao Okawa, The World's Oldest Woman, And 39 Other Female Supercentenarians". International Business Times. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ↑ Guinness World Records 2015. Guinness World Records. 11 September 2014. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-9088-4370-8.
- 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.
- ↑ "広報きかい" [Kikai News] (PDF) (in Japanese). Kikai Town Hall. September 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2015.