| Totaro Murakami | |
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| Birth: | 21 February 1895 Yoka (now Yabu), Hyogo, Japan |
| Death: | 30 July 2004 Wadayama (now Asago), Hyogo, Japan |
| Age: | 109 years, 160 days |
| Country: |  JPN
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| Centenarian | |
Totaro Murakami [Japanese: 村上藤太郎] (21 February 1895 – 30 July 2004) was a Japanese centenarian who was the oldest living man in Japan at the time of his death.
Biography[]
Totaro Murakami was born in Yoka (now Yabu), Hyogo Prefecture, Japan on 21 February 1895. His eldest son was Michihiro.
Around 1910, Murakami joined Konkokyo, because he had fallen ill. Since 1946, he was the second president of Asago Church. Until 2002, he prayed every morning.
In June 2004, Murakami fell ill, and was hospitalized. Following the death of 109-year-old Minsho Ozawa on 12 July 2004, he became the oldest living man in Japan, a title he would hold 18 days.
Totaro Murakami died in Wadayama (now Asago), Hyogo Prefecture, Japan on 30 July 2004, at the age of 109 years, 160 days. He was succeeded as Japan's oldest living man by Kohachi Shigetaka.
References[]
- 日本の歴代男性最高齢者 Data Collection Site
- Picture Japanese Oldest People Forum
- Japan’s oldest man dies at 109 years The Mail & Guardian, 13 July 2004
- 村上藤太郎さん死去／男性の長寿日本一 Shikoku News, 31 July 2004
| Japan's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
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Komakichi Hatake • Kansaburo Inoue • Sousaburo Oda • Shikazo Mada • Tokusaburo Hatsukade • Sannosuke Hasegawa • Yonrosaemon Nakamura • Ikumatsu Matsuura • Masakichi Kai • Goro Usuyama • Senzo Fukushima • Ichisaku Tsue • Ishisaku 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 |