| Masutaro Sato | |
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| Birth: | 16 January 1870 Japan |
| Death: | 6 October 1978 Shibata, Niigata, Japan |
| Age: | 108 years, 263 days |
| Country: |  JPN
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| Centenarian | |
Masutaro Sato [Japanese: 佐藤増太郎] (16 January 1870 – 6 October 1978) was a Japanese centenarian who was the oldest (known) living person in Japan at the time of his death. He was also a potential candidate for the world's oldest man title from the death of Charlie Nelson on 20 August 1978 to his own death on 6 October 1978.
Biography[]
Masutaro Sato was born in Japan on 16 January 1870.
Following the death of 108-year-old Yozotaro Yoshikawa on 2 January 1976, Sato became the oldest living man in Japan. Following the death of 108-year-old Koume Kabira on 6 August 1977, he became the oldest (known) living person in Japan.
Masutaro Sato died in Shibata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan on 6 October 1978, at the age of 108 years, 263 days.
References[]
- The Oldest Man in Japan
- 佐藤増太郎 (1870 - 1978) mairi.me
- 日本の歴代最高齢者 Data Collection Site
- 歴代の長寿日本一記録者一覧 Oldest People Research Forum in Japan
- 百八歳翁が大往生, Asahi Shimbun (Evening edition), 6 October 1978 (page 14)
| Japan's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • T • E) |
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Yoshino Nakagami • Sue Watanabe • Take Shimizu • Tsuru Sakagami • Kuma Yoshida • Tome Yoshida • Shikazo Mada • Tokusaburo Hatsukade • Haru Komai • Ishi Hayashi • Yoshigiku Ito • Tome Horigome • Haruno Shimada • Mito Umeta • Niwa Kawamoto • Isa Nakayama • Man Ichikawa • Koume Kabira • Masutaro Sato • Matsu Yoshikuni • Koharu Kodaira • Oto Michii • Toka Miyata • Momu Okuma • Ine Tsugawa • Seki Takehara • Waka Shirahama • Tane Ikai • Sue Utagawa • Suekiku Miyanaga • Asa Takii • Tase Matsunaga • Yasu Akino • Denzo Ishizaki • Kayo Fujii • Mie Ishiguro • Matsuno Oikawa • Yukichi Chuganji • Mitoyo Kawate • Ura Koyama • Yone Minagawa • Shitsu Nakano • Tsuneyo Toyonaga • Kaku Yamanaka • Kama Chinen • Chiyono Hasegawa • Jiroemon Kimura • Misao Okawa • Anonymous of Tokyo • Nabi Tajima • Chiyo Miyako • Kane Tanaka • Fusa Tatsumi • Tomiko Itooka • Okagi Hayashi • Mine Kondo • Masu Usui • Miyoko Hiroyasu • Shigeko Kagawa |