| Motoi Fukunishi | |
 Fukunishi (aged 96) in March 2006 | |
| Birth: | 25 March 1910 Shimotsuma, Ibaraki, Japan |
| Death: | 22 August 2020 Shimotsuma, Ibaraki, Japan |
| Age: | 110 years, 150 days |
| Country: |  JPN
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| Validated | |
Motoi Fukunishi (Japanese: 福西基; 25 March 1910 – 22 August 2020) was a Japanese supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). He was the oldest living man in Japan at the time of his death.
Biography
Motoi Fukunishi was born in Shimotsuma City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan on 25 March 1910. Up until 2015, he was the director of Shimotsumashotomo Kindergarten.
On 25 March 2020, he became a supercentenarian.
On 27 March 2020, he became the oldest living man in Ibaraki Prefecture, following the death of Takeshi Hanawa.
He was hospitalized in the late July 2020.
On 11 August 2020, he became the oldest living man in all of Japan, following the death of Shojiro Shirai.
Fukunishi died at a hospital in Shimotsuma City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan on 22 August 2020 at the age of 110 years, 150 days.
His age was verified by MHLW Japan, as well as Yumi Yamamoto, and (posthumously) validated by the GRG on 12 August 2021.
Gallery
References
- 2021 validations Gerontology Research Group
- 国内男性最高齢110歳、福西基さん死去 下妻、105歳まで幼稚園長 Ibaraki Shimbun, 26 August 2020