| Kama Chinen | |
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| Birth: | 10 May 1895 Okinawa, Japan |
| Death: | 2 May 2010 Nanjo, Okinawa, Japan |
| Age: | 114 years, 357 days |
| Country: |  JPN
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| Validated | |
Kama Chinen [Japanese: 知念 カマ] (10 May 1895 – 2 May 2010) was a Japanese supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).[1] She is currently the oldest validated person ever from Okinawa Prefecture.
Biography
Kama Chinen was born in Okinawa, Japan on 10 May 1895.
She became the oldest known living person in Okinawa after the death of Nahe Oshiro on 20 May 2006.
She was the oldest living person in the world from the death of Gertrude Baines on 11 September 2009 until her own death on 2 May 2010. She was the last known surviving validated person born in 1895, as well as the earliest-born person to live in the 2010s.
Kama Chinen died in Nanjo, Okinawa, Japan on 2 May 2010, at the age of 114 years, 357 days, just eight days short of her 115th birthday. At the time of her death, Chinen was the second-oldest validated person ever in Japan, behind only Tane Ikai, although in 2010 Shigechiyo Izumi and Kamato Hongo was still believed to be older.
References
- ↑ Verified Supercentenarians (Listed Chronologically By Birth Date) Gerontology Research Group
External Links
- World's oldest person Kama Chinen dies in Japan Daily Telegraph, May 4, 2010
| 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 • Tomiko Itooka |
| 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 • Tomiko Itooka |