Kikue Tanaka

Kikue Tanaka
Kikue Tanaka at the age of 112.
Birth:	25 February 1907 Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Death:	15 January 2020 Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima, Japan
Age:	112 years, 324 days
Country:	JPN
Validated

Kikue Tanaka [Japanese: 田中キクヱ] (25 February 1907 – 15 January 2020) was a Japanese supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography

Kikue Tanaka was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan on 25 February 1907. She lost her husband, Ukichi, at the age of 31, and raised their two daughters by herself; she worked on a farm, as well as a day labourer in civil engineering.

As a centenarian, Tanaka lived with her elder daughter and enjoyed occasional walks with her younger daughter, who lived nearby. It was reported that she enjoyed watching sumo wrestling, ate any food with no particular dislikes, and had a positive personality.

Following the death of 114-year-old Tane Yonekura on 19 May 2018, she became the oldest resident of Kagoshima.

Kikue Tanaka died in Minamisatsuma City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan on 15 January 2020 at the age of 112 years, 324 days, and was succeeded as the prefecture’s oldest living person by Shimi Kushiyama, then aged 110.

Gallery

Kikue Tanaka at the age of 100.

Kikue Tanaka at the age of 111.

References

• Kikue Tanaka LongeviQuest
• Obituary まいり