| Fusa Tatsumi | |
 Fusa Tatsumi on her 115th birthday in 2022 | |
| Birth: | 25 April 1907 Yao City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan |
| Age: | 115 years, 62 days |
| Country: |  JPN
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| Validated | |
Fusa Tatsumi [Japanese: 巽フサ] (née Taniura; born 25 April 1907) is a Japanese supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She is currently the oldest known living person in Japan, and is also the second-oldest person ever from Osaka Prefecture, behind Misao Okawa.
Biography
Fusa Tatsumi was born in Yao City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan on 25 April 1907, as the fifth (second daughter) of six siblings.
After graduating from elementary school, she practiced tea ceremony, flower arrangement, Okoto (a classical Japanese musical instrument), and obtained a diploma that could be taught to others as instructor.
Fusa married Ryutaro (龍太郎) at the age of 32 and she moved to Kashiwara City. She gave birth to her eldest daughter in 1941 (at the age of 34) and her eldest son in 1947 (at the age of 40).
She worked in a family orchard until about 55 years old (when her husband died), growing peaches, plums, and grapes.
She carried a basket of fruits harvested in her orchard on her back and climbed up and down the mountain of the orchard. Her family says her work in the orchard has trained her body, which may be one of the factors for her longevity.
Fusa was good at growing chrysanthemum flowers as a hobby. However, she fell when her clothes got caught in a block of her flowerbed, and she broke her femur when she was in her 70s. There is a bolt in her femur. Other than her injury at that time, she has never been seriously ill or injured.
Fusa lived at home with her family until just before she was 107, and was able to do most of herself. She also managed her medicine herself.
In April 2017, Tatsumi 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, behind Katsuko Nakajima, but by September 2020, she was reported as the oldest.
Tatsumi became the oldest validated living person in Japan, following the death of Kane Tanaka on 19 April 2022. Tanaka's death was announced on 25 April, which was Tatsumi's 115th birthday.
Tatsumi currently lives in Kashiwara, Osaka, Japan, at the age of 115 years, 62 days. She is currently the fifth-oldest validated living person in the world, behind Lucile Randon, Tekla Juniewicz, Maria Branyas Morera, and Casilda Benegas.
Gallery
References
- Fusa Tatsumi, 114 GRG Gallery
- ご長寿おめでとうございます！ Kashiwara City, October 2016 (page 26)
- １１０歳お誕生日記念 YouTube (miyuki kimura), 28 April 2017
- ご長寿おめでとうございます！ Kashiwara City, October 2017 (page 27)
- 広報かしわら Kashiwara City, December 2018 (page 25)
- 113歳のお誕生日おめでとうございます 社会福祉法人 明寿会, 29 April 2020
- 大阪府における百歳以上高齢者の状況について Osaka Prefecture, September 2020
- 本日は、当法人が運営する特別養護老人ホームはくとうに、柏原市長が最高齢者、長寿者のお祝いに訪問して頂きました。 Masaya Shibatani on Facebook, 1 October 2020
- 114歳（スーパーセンテナリアン 社会福祉法人 明寿会, 15 June 2021
- 本日は敬老の日。 Masaya Shibatani on Facebook, 20 September 2021
- 国内最高齢は巽フサさんに １１５歳、大阪・柏原在住の女性 Sankei, 25 April 2022
| Japan's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • T • E) |
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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 (Tokyo) • Nabi Tajima • Chiyo Miyako • Kane Tanaka • Fusa Tatsumi |
| Japan's Oldest Living Woman Titleholders (V • E) |
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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 |
