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| Kikue Taira | |
 Kikue Taira on her 103rd birthday in 2013 | |
| Birth: | 26 April 1910 Japan |
| Age: | 112 years, 104 days |
| Country: |  JPN
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| Unvalidated | |
Kikue Taira (Japanese: 平良 菊 江; born 26 April 1910) is a Japanese supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography
Kikue Taira was born in Japan on 26 April 1910. She is the younger sister of Kame Ganeko (10 April 1905 – 18 October 2019). Together they are the oldest known pair of siblings (combined age) in history. She and Kame Ganeko are the second ever known supercentenarian sister pair.
In April 2020, she celebrated her 110th birthday. In September 2020, Taira was reported as the seventh-oldest person in Okinawa Prefecture.
Taira currently lives in Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, at the age of 112 years, 104 days.
References
- 103歳の誕生日 yomisato.or.jp, 27 April 2013
- Kame Ganeko Obituary Okinawa Okuyami, 20 October 2019
- 百歳以上長寿者沖縄県上位20人名簿 Okinawa Prefecture, 1 September 2020
