| Shojiro Shirai | |
 Shirai in September 2018 at the age of 108 | |
| Birth: | 29 October 1909 Japan |
| Death: | 11 August 2020 Adogawacho Aoyagi, Takashima, Shiga Prefecture, Japan |
| Age: | 110 years, 287 days |
| Country: |  JPN
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| Validated | |
Shojiro Shirai (Japanese: 白井庄次郎; 29 October 1909 – 11 August 2020) was a Japanese supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography[]
Shirai was born in Japan on 29 October 1909. In 2016, even though his hearing was deteriorating, he was able to take care of everything around him. At the age of 107, he attended daycare once a week and had good memory. As of September 2018, he was living with his second son and daughter-in-law. At the time, he was still able to read newspapers and history books. He had eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
In October 2019, he celebrated his 110th birthday and became a supercentenarian. On 14 April 2020, he became the oldest living man in Japan, following the death of Issaku Tomoe.
Shirai died in Adogawacho Aoyagi, Takashima, Shiga Prefecture, Japan on 11 August 2020 at the age of 110 years, 287 days. After his death, then 110-year-old Motoi Fukunishi became the new oldest known living man in Japan, while then 104-year-old Seizo Masuda became the new oldest known living man in Shiga Prefecture.
His age was verified by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW), as well as Ayuta Tonomura, and (posthumously) validated by the GRG on 6 August 2021.
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References[]
- 2021 validations Gerontology Research Group
- 男性国内最高齢、巴一作さん死去＝１１０歳、老衰で―愛知 Excite エキサイト, 15 April 2020
- 男性の国内最高齢者が死亡 亡くなる時点で 京都新聞, 27 August 2020
| Japan's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
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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 |