Matsuno Oikawa

Matsuno Oikawa
Matsuno Oikawa (front centre) aged 110 in September 1999.
Birth:	20 February 1889 Iwate, Japan
Death:	3 January 2002 Ofunato, Iwate, Japan
Age:	112 years, 317 days
Country:	JPN
Validated

Matsuno Oikawa (20 February 1889 – 3 January 2002) was a Japanese supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She was Japan's oldest person at the time of her death (although the now-debunked case of Kamato Hongo was thought to be the oldest)

Biography

Matsuno Oikawa was born on 20 February 1889 in Iwate, Japan

Oikawa raised three children while running a Japanese-style inn. She was active until her 90s, and was cited by her hometown for giving people "the dream for and hope of longevity for living through the Meiji, Taisho, Showa and Heisei eras." She received medical care at her home after her health deteriorated in February 2001.

Oikawa died of a heart attack on 3 January 2002 in Ofunato, Iwate, Japan at the age of 112 years, 317 days.

References

Japan's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • T • E)

Tome Yoshida • 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 • Harumi Nakamura • Nabi Tajima • Chiyo Miyako • Kane Tanaka • Fusa Tatsumi • Tomiko Itooka

Japan's Oldest Living Woman Titleholders (V • E)

Sue Watanabe • Unknown • Tome Yoshida • Haru Komai • Ishi Hayashi • Yoshigiku Ito • Tome Horigome • Haruno Shimada • Mito Umeta • Niwa Kawamoto • Isa Nakayama • Man Ichikawa • Koume Kabira • 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 • Kayo Fujii • Mie Ishiguro • Matsuno Oikawa • Mitoyo Kawate • Ura Koyama • Yone Minagawa • Shitsu Nakano • Tsuneyo Toyonaga • Kaku Yamanaka • Kama Chinen • Chiyono Hasegawa • Koto Okubo • Misao Okawa • Anonymous (Tokyo) • Nabi Tajima • Chiyo Miyako • Kane Tanaka • Fusa Tatsumi • Tomiko Itooka