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Kimie Azuma
Kimie Azuma
Kimie Azuma in September 2011, aged 100.
Birth: 9 April 1911
Japan
Death: September/December 2021
Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
Age: 110 years, 145-266 days
Country: JapanJPN
Unvalidated

Kimie Azuma [Japanese: 東キミヱ] (9 April 1911 – September/December 2021) was a Japanese supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

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Kimie Azuma was born in Japan on 9 April 1911. In April 2021, she celebrated her 110th birthday.

Azuma was last confirmed alive in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan on 1 September 2021 at the age of 110 years, 145 days. In September 2022, she went to limbo, as a 110-year-old anonymous woman (born between September and December 1911) of Tabuse was reported to be the second-oldest living person in Yamaguchi Prefecture, behind a 110-year-old anonymous woman (born April 1911) of Hofu.

It was later determined that Azuma died between September and December 2021, which would make her final age anywhere between 110 years, 145 days and 110 years, 266 days old.[1]

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