| Tsuneyo Toyonaga | |
 Toyonaga on her 113th birthday in 2007. | |
| Birth: | 21 May 1894 Tano, Kochi, Japan |
| Death: | 22 February 2008 Nankoku, Kochi, Japan |
| Age: | 113 years, 277 days |
| Country: |  JPN
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| Validated | |
Tsuneyo Toyonaga [Japanese: 豊永常代] (21 May 1894 – 22 February 2008) was a Japanese supercentenarian who was the oldest living person in Japan from the death of Shitsu Nakano on 19 August 2007 until her own death.
Biography[]
Tsuneyo Toyonaga was born in Tano, Kochi Prefecture, Japan on 21 May 1894. She gave birth to five children. In 1996, she moved into the nursing home "Dream Village" [Japanese: 夢の里] in Nankoku. Before that, she lived in Tano.
Toyonaga's age was verified by Japan's MHLW and Ken Matsuoka, and validated by the GRG on 24 September 2004.
Toyonaga died of old age in Nankoku, Kochi Prefecture, Japan on 22 February 2008 at the age of 113 years, 277 days. She is currently the oldest validated person ever from Kochi Prefecture.
Longevity Records[]
Following the death of 107-year-old Ushimatsu Hibayashi on 26 April 2002, Toyonaga became the oldest living person in Kochi Prefecture.
Following the death of 113-year-old Shitsu Nakano on 19 August 2007, Toyonaga became the oldest living person in Japan.
Following the death of fellow 113-year-old Bertha Fry on 14 November 2007, Toyonaga became the fifth-oldest validated living person in the world (after Edna Parker, Maria de Jesus, Arbella Ewing and Gertrude Baines). At the time of her death, she was one of the 90 oldest validated people ever.
References[]
- GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List Gerontology Research Group
- Woman on Shikoku is Japan's oldest person at age 113 years, 2 months+ Breitbart News, 19 August 2007 (Archived)
- ＜訃報＞国内最高齢１１３歳、豊永常代さんが死去 Yahoo News Japan, 23 February 2008 (Archived)
- Japan's oldest person dies at 113 Japan Today, 23 February 2008 (Archived)
| 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 • Tomiko Itooka • Okagi Hayashi • Mine Kondo |
| Japan's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • T • E) |
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Tome Yoshida • Tokusaburo Hatsukade • Haru Komai • Ishi Hayashi • Yoshigiku Ito • Tome Horigome • Haruno Shimada • Mito Umeta • Niwa Kawamoto • Isa Nakayama • Man Ichikawa • Koume Kabira • Masutaro Sato • 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 • 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 of Tokyo • Nabi Tajima • Chiyo Miyako • Kane Tanaka • Fusa Tatsumi • Tomiko Itooka • Okagi Hayashi • Mine Kondo |