| Kamado Okuhara | |
| Birth: | 28 October 1887 Shuri-Sakiyama, Naha, Okinawa, Japan |
| Death: | 10 January 1999 Shuri-Sakiyama, Naha, Okinawa, Japan |
| Age: | 111 years, 74 days |
| Country: |  JPN
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| Validated | |
Kamado Okuhara [Japanese: 奥原カマド] (28 October 1887 – 10 January 1999) was a Japanese supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of her death, she was the third-oldest living person in Japan, after Yasu Akino and Denzo Ishizaki.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Kamado Okuhara was born in Shuri-Sakiyama, Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan on 28 October 1887. She had a large amount of siblings. She was never schooled.
At the age of 35, she married a rickshaw and carriage driver. His daughter from a previous marriage died at the age of 23. Okuhara never had any children of her own.
Okuhara escaped to southern Okinawa during World War II. She was widowed in 1969, at which time she moved to her nephew's house; until that time, she did housework and worked as a professional prayer.
Later Life[]
Okuhara had been hospitalised in the Katsuren hospital since the age of 89 for declining ability to care for herself. She also suffered from dementia in her later years, and often wandered, complaining that no one could give her good full-time care.
Okuhara started smoking at the age of 60 and continued until she was 91, often smoking ten cigarettes a day. At the age of 81, she began to suffer from cognitive impairment and high blood pressure. At 96, she suffered a bout of pneumonia.
By the time Okuhara became a centenarian, she mostly slept. By the age of 102, she had sarcopenia.
Following the death of 112-year-old Matsu Kayo on 13 December 1998, Okuhara became the oldest living person in Okinawa Prefecture.
Kamado Okuhara died in Shuri-Sakiyama, Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan on 10 January 1999, at the age of 111 years, 74 days.
Sources[]
- 沖縄県 Data Collection Site
- Aging and Age-related Diseases: The Basics