Minsho Ozawa

Minsho Ozawa
Minsho Ozawa at the age of 109.
Birth:	11 October 1894 Misaka (now Fuefuki), Yamanashi, Japan
Death:	12 July 2004 Yamanashi City, Yamanashi, Japan
Age:	109 years, 275 days
Country:	JPN
Centenarian

Minsho Ozawa [Japanese: 小沢愍昌] (11 October 1894 – 12 July 2004) was a Japanese centenarian who was the oldest living man in Japan at the time of his death. He is currently the oldest known man ever from Yamanashi Prefecture.

Biography

Minsho Ozawa was born in Misaka (now Fuefuki), Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan on 11 October 1894. He was a former Buddhist priest.

Following the death of 109-year-old Nui Kikujima on 18 April 2003, Ozawa became the oldest living person in Yamanashi Prefecture. Following the death of 109-year-old Kameni Nakamura on 20 May 2004, he became the oldest living man in Japan.

Minsho Ozawa died of pneumonia in Yamanashi City, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan on 12 July 2004, at the age of 109 years, 275 days. He was the last surviving Japanese man to be born in 1894, and missed supercentenarian status by three months. He was succeeded as Japan's oldest living man by Totaro Murakami.

References

• 日本の歴代男性最高齢者 Data Collection Site
• 山梨県 Data Collection Site
• 男性長寿日本一の小沢愍昌さんが死去、１０９歳 Asahi Shimbun, 13 July 2004 (Archived)
• 小沢愍昌さん死去　男性長寿日本一 47News, 13 July 2004 (Archived)
• Japan’s oldest man dies at 109 years The Mail & Guardian, 13 July 2004

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

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