| Miyoko Hiroyasu | |
 Miyoko Hiroyasu in September 2023, aged 112 | |
| Birth: | 23 January 1911 Nakatsu, Oita Prefecture, Japan |
| Age: | 113 years, 312 days |
| Country: |  JPN
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| Validated | |
Miyoko Hiroyasu [Japanese: 広安美代子] (born 23 January 1911) is a Japanese supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She is currently the oldest living person in Oita Prefecture.
Biography[]
Miyoko Hiroyasu was born in Nakatsu, Oita Prefecture, Japan on 23 January 1911. She was the class president at her elementary school. She attended an all-girls high school and later studied art at a school in Tokyo. During this time she lived with her uncle, aunt, and grandmother. She married a man she had met while working in Hiroshima, and later worked as an art teacher at a girls school in Hiroshima Prefecture.
In September 2019, she was reported to be the oldest (known) living person in Nakatsu, and was visited by the mayor, Masanori Okuzuka. In January 2021, she celebrated her 110th birthday and became a supercentenarian.
Following the death of 110-year-old Kiyo Sato on 30 April 2021, Hiroyasu was reported to be the oldest known living person in Oita Prefecture.
Hiroyasu's age was verified by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW), as well as Yumi Yamamoto, and validated by the GRG on 28 April 2023.
At the age of 113, she is still able to speak clearly, write, and draw, and she enjoys watching TV and playing card games with the other residents of her nursing home. She says she would "like to continue to live a healthy and enjoyable life".
Miyoko Hiroyasu currently lives in Nakatsu, Oita Prefecture, Japan at the age of 113 years, 312 days.
Gallery[]
References[]
- GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List Gerontology Research Group
- Miyoko Hiroyasu Gerontology Research Group
- 中津市長が長寿者祝う 高齢者施設を訪問 Oita Press, 18 September 2019 (Archived)
- Asahi Shimbun, Regional edition/Oita, 1 May 2021 (page 23)
- 広瀬知事 大分県最高齢の１１０歳女性にテレビ電話で祝福 NHK News Web, 20 September 2021
- 110歳の長寿お祝い 中津市長、県内最高齢・広安さん訪問 ／大分 Mainichi Shimbun, 23 September 2021
- 大分県内の100歳以上、初の1000人超え 最高齢は中津市の110歳広安さん Nishinippon Shimbun, 24 September 2021
- 県内最高齢111歳祝う 中津の広安さん、市長が花束 ／大分 Mainichi Shimbun, 22 September 2022
- 大分県内最高齢112歳の女性 知事と対面「まだ若いんですね、驚きました」 長生きの秘訣は“自由気まま” TBS News, 20 September 2023
- Visiting 113-year-old Miyoko Hiroyasu LongeviQuest on YouTube, 17 March 2024