| Suekiku Miyanaga | |
 Suekiku Miyanaga at age 114 | |
| Birth: | 7 April 1884 Kagoshima, Japan |
| Death: | 20 June 1998 Osumi, Kagoshima, Japan |
| Age: | 114 years, 74 days |
| Country: |  JPN
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| Validated | |
Suekiku Miyanaga (7 April 1884 – 20 June 1998) was a validated Japanese supercentenarian noted for being Japan's oldest living person at the time of her passing.
Biography
Suekiku Miyanaga was born in Kagoshima, Japan on 7 April 1884.
In 1908, while she was in her early 20s, she married and eventually had 11 children in total (seven daughters and four sons).
Not much is known about her earlier life, such as her exact birth place, but her obituary mentions her being a vegetarian. In addition, she had a passion for music and played the guitar well into her mid-centenarian years.
As an elderly, she resided in a nursing home in Osumi Province in the Southeast part of Kagoshima Prefecture. On 5 May 1997, she became the oldest living Japanese person after the death of Sue Utagawa.
Miyanaga died in a hospital in Osumi, Kagoshima, Japan on 20 June 1998 at the age of 114 years, 74 days. At the time of her death, she was among the oldest living people in the world. Only two of her children were still alive after her death.
She is currently the second-oldest validated person ever from Kagoshima Prefecture, behind Nabi Tajima.
References
- New Straits Times 5 May 1997
- Lethbridge Herald 21 June 1998
| Japan's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • T • E) |
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Waka Shirahama • Tane Ikai • Sue Utagawa • Suekiku Miyanaga • Asa Takii • Tase Matsunaga • Yasu Akino • Denzo Ishizaki • Kayo Fujii • Mie Ishiguro • Matsuno Oikawa • Yukichi Chuganji • Mitoyo Kawate • Ura Koyama • Yone Minagawa • Shitsu Nakano • Tsuneyo Toyonaga • Kaku Yamanaka • Kama Chinen • Chiyono Hasegawa • Jiroemon Kimura • Misao Okawa • Anonymous (Tokyo) • Nabi Tajima • Chiyo Miyako • Kane Tanaka • Fusa Tatsumi |
| Japan's Oldest Living Woman Titleholders (V • E) |
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Sue Watanabe • Unknown • Tome Yoshida • Haru Komai • Ishi Hayashi • Yoshigiku Ito • Tome Horigome • Haruno Shimada • Mito Umeta • Niwa Kawamoto • Isa Nakayama • Man Ichikawa • Koume Kabira • Matsu Yoshikuni • Koharu Kodaira • Oto Michii • Toka Miyata • Momu Okuma • Ine Tsugawa • Seki Takehara • Waka Shirahama • Tane Ikai • Sue Utagawa • Suekiku Miyanaga • Asa Takii • Tase Matsunaga • Yasu Akino • Kayo Fujii • Mie Ishiguro • Matsuno Oikawa • Mitoyo Kawate • Ura Koyama • Yone Minagawa • Shitsu Nakano • Tsuneyo Toyonaga • Kaku Yamanaka • Kama Chinen • Chiyono Hasegawa • Koto Okubo • Misao Okawa • Anonymous (Tokyo) • Nabi Tajima • Chiyo Miyako • Kane Tanaka • Fusa Tatsumi |
