Miyo Koganezaki

Miyo Koganezaki
Birth:	1 January 1905 Shiroishi village, Hokkaido, Japan
Death:	8 June 2015 Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido, Japan
Age:	110 years, 158 days
Country:	JPN
Validated

Miyo Koganezaki [Japanese: 黄金崎ミヨ] (1 January 1905 – 8 June 2015) was a Japanese supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography

Koganezaki was born in the Shiroishi village (present-day Shiroishi Ward, Sapporo), Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan, on 1 January 1905. She worked in the agriculture in Aomori Prefecture until her 80s. At the age of 100, she was living in Fukaura, Aomori, but her youngest son and child Katsuo convinced her to move back to Hokkaido Prefecture in September 2007.

On 18 June 2014, at the age of 109, following the death of 110-year-old Hiteno Takikawa, she became the oldest living person in Hokkaido Prefecture. At the age of 110, she was hospitalized.

Koganezaki died in Omagarihakuyo, Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan, on 8 June 2015, at the age of 110 years, 158 days.

Gallery

Koganezaki at the age of 100.

References

• 2021 validations Gerontology Research Group
• 黄金崎ミヨさん︵舮作︶が百歳を迎えました Fukaura, 10 April 2005
• Report at 109 Hokkaido Prefecture, September 2014
• 年齢、男女別人口 Kitahiroshima, May 2015
• Hokkaido Shimbun, 10 June 2015