Shigeru Nakamura | |
Nakamura (aged 111) in September 2022. | |
Birth: | 11 January 1911 Jinsekikogen, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan |
Death: | 15 November 2022 Jinsekikogen, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan |
Age: | 111 years, 308 days |
Country: | JPN |
Validated |
Shigeru Nakamura [Japanese: 中村茂] (11 January 1911 – 15 November 2022) was a Japanese supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of his death, he was the oldest known living person in Hiroshima Prefecture, as well as the oldest known living man in Japan from the death of Mikizo Ueda on 9 September 2022, until his own death on 15 November 2022. He is the 2nd oldest man ever from Hiroshima Prefecture Behind Yoshikazu Yamashita
Biography[]
Shigeru Nakamura was born in Jinsekikogen, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan on 11 January 1911.
Nakamura was exposed to the aftermath of the August 1945 bombing of Hiroshima by U.S. forces in the closing stages of World War II, after he went to help clean up rubble in the devastated city following the attack.
In January 2021, Nakamura celebrated his 110th birthday and became a supercentenarian.
Following the death of 11O-year-old Toshio Katayama on 19 May 2021, Nakamura became the oldest known living man in Hiroshima Prefecture. He later became the oldest known living person in Hiroshima Prefecture, following the death of 11O-year-old Toshiko Inoue on 6 October 2021.
In September 2022, following the death of 112-year-old Mikizo Ueda, Nakamura was reported as the oldest known living man in Japan.
Shigeru Nakamura died from natural causes at a nursing home in Jinsekikogen, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, during the early hours on 15 November 2022, at the age of 111 years, 308 days. He was also among the last known surviving Japanese men to have been born during the Meiji era. A few weeks before his death, his appetite declined to the point where he would stop eating after one or two bites per meal.
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- 2023 validations Gerontology Research Group
- 広島県内最高齢男性 片山さんが死去 110歳 100歳過ぎても旅行 The Chūgoku Shimbun, 20 May 2021
- 県内最高齢者の死去について Hiroshima Prefecture, 18 October 2021 (Archived)
- 昨日、1月11日に僕のひぃじぃちゃんが111歳になりました Yosihiro Maehara on Facebook, 11 January 2022
- 男性の国内最高齢、112歳で死去 語った長寿の秘訣「自然まかせ」 The Asahi Shimbun, 14 September 2022 (Archived)
- 男性の国内最高齢は広島・神石高原の中村さん111歳 30代で被爆「長寿はみなさんの愛のおかげ」と感激 The Chūgoku Shimbun, 16 September 2022 (Archived)
- 【とにかくお元気です】広島県 国内男性最高齢中村茂さん、エイジシュート1000回超髙橋久司さん 広島テレビニュース, 16 September 2022
- 国内最高齢111歳の男性亡くなる 神石高原町の中村茂さん The Chūgoku Shimbun, 15 November 2022
- Japan's oldest man dies at 111 Kyodo News, 15 November 2022
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 |