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Satoru Tomizawa
Satoru Tomizawa
Tomizawa at the age of 109.
Birth: 10 March 1905
Japan
Death: 23 December 2015
Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan
Age: 110 years, 288 days
Country: JapanJPN
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Satoru Tomizawa (Japanese: 冨澤覺; 10 March 1905 – 23 December 2015) was a Japanese supercentenarian whose age is validated by Gerontology Research Group (GRG). He is currently the 2nd oldest known man ever from Chiba Prefecture After Gisaburo Sonobe.

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Satoru Tomizawa was born in Japan on 10 March 1905. He never had any serious illness. He drove an old man's car until the age of 100 and enjoyed playing gateball until the age of 103. At the age of 106, he had difficulties with hearing, but still enjoyed reading newspapers and watching sumo and news on TV. On 10 March 2015, he turned 110 and in September of that year, he was reported as the oldest living man in Chiba Prefecture and the second-oldest living person in Chiba Prefecture, after the anonymous woman of Kashiwa.

Tomizawa died in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan on 23 December 2015 at the age of 110 years, 288 days.

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