Mikizo Ueda | |
![]() Ueda at the age of 109 | |
Birth: | 11 May 1910 Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan |
Age: | 112 years, 49 days |
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Unvalidated |
Mikizo Ueda [Japanese: 上田幹藏] (born 11 May 1910) is a Japanese supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). He is currently the oldest known living man in Japan since the death of Motoi Fukunishi on 22 August 2020, as well as the oldest known living veteran of World War II since the death of Mollie Walker on 22 January 2022.
Biography
Mikizo Ueda was born in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan on 11 May 1910. He was the only son of a textile worker.
Ueda worked for the Wakayama Prefectural Office. He served in the Japanese navy during World War II. He also witnessed Hiroshima bombing.
In September 2017, Ueda was reported as the oldest living man in Nara Prefecture. On 22 August 2020, he became the oldest living man in Japan, following the death of Motoi Fukunishi.
On 17 April 2021, he surpassed the age of Tessaku Tominaga, and became the oldest man to have ever lived in Nara Prefecture.
Following the death of Mollie Walker on 22 January 2022, Ueda became the oldest known living veteran of World War II.
Ueda currently lives in Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan, at the age of 112 years, 49 days. He is currently the second-oldest man ever born in Kyoto Prefecture, behind Jiroemon Kimura.
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References
- 県内の100歳以上979人 - 女性111歳、男性107歳/最高齢 Nara News Paper, 16 September 2017
- 元気の秘密は対応力 県内男性最高齢109歳・上田さん、副知事が訪問 /奈良 Mainichi Shimbun, 15 September 2019
- City statistics Nara City, May 2020
- City statistics Nara City, 1 May 2021
- City statistics Nara City, 1 July 2021
- At the age of 111 Instagram Post, 14 September 2021
- 広島でキノコ雲見た 男性国内最高齢111歳の上田さん「まだ生きられる気がする」 Mainichi Shimbun, 28 September 2021
Japan's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
Shozaburo Oda • Tokusaburo Hatsukade • Unknown • Ikumatsu Matsuura • Masakichi Kai • Goro Usuyama • 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 |