| Masazo Nonaka | |
 Nonaka (aged 112) being recognised by Guinness World Records, April 2018 | |
| Birth: | 25 July 1905 Ashoro, Hokkaido, Japan |
| Death: | 20 January 2019 Ashoro, Hokkaido, Japan |
| Age: | 113 years, 179 days |
| Country: |  JPN
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| Validated | |
Masazo Nonaka [Japanese: 野中正造] (25 July 1905 – 20 January 2019), sometimes spelled Masazou Nonaka, was a validated Japanese supercentenarian who was the world's oldest living man from the death of Francisco Nunez Olivera on 29 January 2018 until his own death nearly a year later. He is currently the fourth-oldest validated Japanese man ever, behind Jiroemon Kimura, Yukichi Chuganji, and Tomoji Tanabe.
Biography
Masazo Nonaka was born in Kamitoshibetsu, Ashoro, Hokkaido on 25 July 1905 as the eldest son of Masujiro and Kiyo Nonaka. His mother was founder of onsen (Japanese hot spring) "Nonaka". He had two brothers and three sisters (all now deceased). He married Hatsuno Nonaka and had 5 children (2 living).
Nonaka lived in Ashoro, Hokkaido. On 25 July 2015, he celebrated his 110th birthday. He was the oldest living person in the Hokkaido Prefecture since the death of Teru Hatakeyama (who was just five days older than him) on 3 April 2016 and the oldest living man in Japan since the death of Masamitsu Yoshida on 29 October 2016. Following the death of Israel Kristal on 11 August 2017, Nonaka was, at that time, the oldest living man validated by the Gerontology Research Group. However, the subsequent validation of Francisco Nunez Olivera meant that Nonaka was recognised as being the oldest living man following the death of Nunez Olivera on 29 January 2018. He was officially recognised by Guinness World Records on 10 April 2018.
In October 2017, when he was 112, he voted in the Japanese general election, and was likely the Japan's oldest voter ever.
On 25 July 2018, Nonaka celebrated his 113th birthday, and was the fourth validated Japanese man and the world's 18th validated man to do so. On 7 October 2018, when surpassing the age of Mie Ishiguro, Nonaka became the oldest known person ever born in Hokkaido Prefecture (Hatsue Ono, the oldest known person ever to live in Hokkaido prefecture, was born in Iwate prefecture).
Nonaka died in his sleep in Ashoro, Hokkaido, Japan on 20 January 2019 at the age of 113 years, 179 days. Upon his death, Tomas Pinales Figuereo of the Dominican Republic became the oldest living man in the word (but was only recognised posthumously).
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References
- Gerontology Research Group
- 道内最高齢１１０歳 足寄の野中さん「湯」で長寿
- Japan’s oldest man, Masamitsu Yoshida, dies at 112 The Japan Times, 16 December 2016
- World's oldest man revealed as 112-year-old Masazo Nonaka Sky News, 10 April 2018
- Japan’s Masazo Nonaka confirmed as world's oldest living man aged 112 Guinness World Records, 10 April 2018
- 北海道足寄町の野中正造さん（１１２歳）が存命中の世界最高齢の男性とギネスが認定!
- Oldest living man takes final breath at age 113, surrounded by family as he died The Western Journal, 21 January 2019
- http://supercentenarian-research-foundation.org/TableE.aspx
| Japan's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
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Shizuo Jinjiang • Kokuzo Iwate • Eisaku Takada • Hisaharu Arai • Chojiro Goto • Yozotaro Yoshikawa • Masutaro Sato • Takataro Hiragushi • Mataichi Ono • Shotaro Tanaka • Rinzo Shimizu • Koji Onishi • Inasaku Abe • Mokotaru Osada • Eiju Tsuru • Kiichi Fujiwara • Nisaburo Matsuyama • Shimetaro Hara • Gihei Oka • Gengan Tonaki • Denzo Ishizaki • Sadayoshi Tanabe • Yukichi Chuganji • Kameni Nakamura • Minsho Ozawa • Totaro Murakami • Kohachi Shigetaka • Nijiro Tokuda • Tomoji Tanabe • Jiroemon Kimura • Jokichi Ikarashi • Sakari Momoi • Yasutaro Koide • Masamitsu Yoshida • Masazo Nonaka • Chitetsu Watanabe • Issaku Tomoe • Shojiro Shirai • Motoi Fukunishi • Mikizo Ueda • Shigeru Nakamura • Gisaburo Sonobe • Tomisaburo Wakui • Anonymous • Kiyotaka Mizuno |