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Mie Ishiguro
Mie Ishiguro 1888-2001
Birth: 2 June 1888
Hokkaido, Japan
Death: 14 August 2001
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Age: 113 years, 73 days
Country: JapanJPN
Validated

Mie Ishiguro [Japanese: 石黒ミヱ] (2 June 1888 – 14 August 2001) was a Japanese supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She was Japan's oldest person for just over two years (although she was thought to be Japan's second-oldest person at the time, due to the Kamato Hongo case not yet being debunked).

Biography

Mie Ishiguro was born on 2 June 1888 in Hokkaido, Japan

Ishiguro was a hairdresser in the city of Yubari (likely in Hokkaido)

She spent the last 11 years of her life hospitalized after a leg injury. She died of pneumonia in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan at the age of 113 years, 73 days. At the time of her death, she was the oldest living person in Japan.[1]

References


Japan's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • TE)

Tome YoshidaTokusaburo HatsukadeHaru KomaiIshi HayashiYoshigiku ItoTome HorigomeHaruno ShimadaMito UmetaNiwa KawamotoIsa NakayamaMan IchikawaKoume KabiraMasutaro SatoMatsu YoshikuniKoharu KodairaOto MichiiToka MiyataMomu OkumaIne TsugawaSeki TakeharaWaka Shirahama • Tane Ikai • Sue UtagawaSuekiku 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 TajimaChiyo MiyakoKane TanakaFusa TatsumiTomiko Itooka


Japan's Oldest Living Woman Titleholders (VE)

Sue Watanabe • Unknown • Tome Yoshida • Haru Komai • Ishi HayashiYoshigiku 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 TajimaChiyo MiyakoKane TanakaFusa TatsumiTomiko Itooka

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