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Fusa Tatsumi

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Fusa Tatsumi
Fusa Tatsumi
Tatsumi on her 116th birthday in 2023
Birth: 25 April 1907
Yao City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Death: 12 December 2023
Kashiwara, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Age: 116 years, 231 days
Country: JapanJPN
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Fusa Tatsumi [Japanese: 巽フサ] (née Taniura [Japanese: 谷浦]; 25 April 1907 – 12 December 2023) was a Japanese supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She was the oldest validated living person in Japan (and in Asia) from the death of Kane Tanaka on 19 April 2022, until her own death on 12 December 2023. She is currently the second-oldest person ever from Osaka Prefecture, after Misao Okawa.

Biography

Early Life

Fusa Tatsumi was born as Fusa Taniura [Japanese: 谷裏フサ] in Yao City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan on 25 April 1907. She was the fifth of six siblings. After graduating from elementary school, she practiced tea ceremony, flower arrangement, Okoto (a classical Japanese musical instrument), and obtained a diploma. At the age of 32 in 1939, she married Ryutaro Tatsumi [Japanese: 巽龍太郎], and they moved to Kashiwara City, Osaka Prefecture. She gave birth to her eldest daughter in 1941 and her eldest son in 1947.

Tatsumi worked in a family orchard (growing peaches, plums, and grapes) until her husband died when she was about 55 years old. She would carry a basket of fruits harvested in her orchard on her back. Her family has attributed her longevity to this physical work.

As a hobby, Tatsumi enjoyed growing chrysanthemum flowers. However, when she was in her 70s, she fell after getting her clothes caught in her flowerbed, resulting in a broken femur. She still has the bolt in her leg. Other than her injury at that time, she has never been seriously ill or injured.

Later Life

Tatsumi lived at home with her family until just before she was 107. She currently lives in a nursing home in Kashiwara, Osaka, Japan. In April 2017, she celebrated her 110th birthday with a small celebration. Her age was validated by the GRG on 13 August 2019. In September 2019, she was reported as the second-oldest living person in Osaka prefecture, Japan, after Katsuko Nakajima, but by September 2020, she was reported as the oldest.

Tatsumi became the oldest validated living person in Japan and Asia, following the death of Kane Tanaka on 19 April 2022. Tanaka's death was publicly announced on 25 April, the same day as Tatsumi's 115th birthday. Following the death of an anonymous woman of Hyogo on 30 April 2022, Tatsumi became the last surviving Japanese person born in 1907. From the death of Lucile Randon on 17 January 2023, Tatsumi had been the second-oldest validated living person in the world (after Maria Branyas Morera, who was over a month older than her).

On 18 October 2023, at the age of 116 years, 176 days, Tatsumi surpassed the final age of Tane Ikai, became the fifth-oldest Japanese person ever, behind Kane Tanaka, Nabi Tajima, Chiyo Miyako, and Misao Okawa.

Fusa Tatsumi died at 9:25 AM on 12 December 2023 in Kashiwara, Osaka Prefecture, Japan from old age at the age of 116 years, 231 days. Following her death, Tomiko Itooka of Hyogo Prefecture became the oldest validated living person in Japan.

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Japan's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • T • E)

Tome Yoshida • Tokusaburo Hatsukade • Haru Komai • Ishi Hayashi • Yoshigiku Ito • Tome Horigome • Haruno Shimada • Mito Umeta • Niwa Kawamoto • Isa Nakayama • Man Ichikawa • Koume Kabira • Masutaro Sato • Matsu Yoshikuni • Koharu Kodaira • Oto Michii • Toka Miyata • Momu Okuma • Ine Tsugawa • Seki Takehara • Waka Shirahama • Tane Ikai • Sue Utagawa • Suekiku Miyanaga • Asa Takii • Tase Matsunaga • Yasu Akino • Denzo Ishizaki • Kayo Fujii • Mie Ishiguro • Matsuno Oikawa • Yukichi Chuganji • Mitoyo Kawate • Ura Koyama • Yone Minagawa • Shitsu Nakano • Tsuneyo Toyonaga • Kaku Yamanaka • Kama Chinen • Chiyono Hasegawa • Jiroemon Kimura • Misao Okawa • Anonymous of Tokyo • Nabi Tajima • Chiyo Miyako • Kane Tanaka • Fusa Tatsumi • Tomiko Itooka • Okagi Hayashi • Mine Kondo • Masu Usui • Miyoko Hiroyasu


Japan's Oldest Living Woman Titleholders (V • E)

Sue Watanabe • Unknown • Tome Yoshida • Haru Komai • Ishi Hayashi • Yoshigiku Ito • Tome Horigome • Haruno Shimada • Mito Umeta • Niwa Kawamoto • Isa Nakayama • Man Ichikawa • Koume Kabira • Matsu Yoshikuni • Koharu Kodaira • Oto Michii • Toka Miyata • Momu Okuma • Ine Tsugawa • Seki Takehara • Waka Shirahama • Tane Ikai • Sue Utagawa • Suekiku Miyanaga • Asa Takii • Tase Matsunaga • Yasu Akino • Kayo Fujii • Mie Ishiguro • Matsuno Oikawa • Mitoyo Kawate • Ura Koyama • Yone Minagawa • Shitsu Nakano • Tsuneyo Toyonaga • Kaku Yamanaka • Kama Chinen • Chiyono Hasegawa • Koto Okubo • Misao Okawa • Anonymous (Tokyo) • Nabi Tajima • Chiyo Miyako • Kane Tanaka • Fusa Tatsumi • Tomiko Itooka • Okagi Hayashi • Mine Kondo • Masu Usui • Miyoko Hiroyasu

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