Takano Akita

Takano Akita
Takano Akita on 13 January 2003, aged 108.
Birth:	10 February 1894 Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
Death:	19 May 2004 Yorishima, Okayama, Japan
Age:	110 years, 99 days
Country:	JPN
Validated

Takano Akita [Japanese: 秋田たかの] (10 February 1894 – 19 May 2004) was a Japanese supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography

Takano Akita was born in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan on 10 February 1894.

Following the death of 109-year-old Tsuru Yamane on 22 January 2001, Akita became the oldest living person in Okayama Prefecture. Her age was verified by Japan's MHLW and the IDL, and (posthumously) validated by the GRG on 11 November 2012.

Takano Akita died in Yorishima, Okayama Prefecture, Japan on 19 May 2004 at the age of 110 years, 99 days. At the time of her death, she was the oldest living person in Okayama Prefecture.

Gallery

Takano Akita on her 107th birthday in 2001.

Takano Akita in September 2001, aged 107.

References

• Gerontology Research Group
• 110年以上生きた日本人 Data Collection Site
• 岡山県 Data Collection Site
• 県内最高齢・寄島の秋田さん きょう107歳の誕生日 町長が記念品送り祝福 Sanyo Shimbun, Kasaoka/Ibara Zone edition, 10 February 2001 (page 36)
• きょう敬老の日 『わがまちの最高齢者』に聞く Sanyo Shimbun, Kasaoka/Ibara Zone edition, 15 September 2001 (page 32)
• 岡山県内最高齢 110歳秋田さん死去 Sanyo Shimbun, Evening edition, 19 May 2004 (page 3)