Yoshi Otsunari | |
Birth: | 17 December 1906 Japan |
Death: | 26 January 2022 Omuta, Fukuoka, Japan |
Age: | 115 years, 40 days |
Country: | ![]() |
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Yoshi Otsunari [Japanese: 乙成ヨシ] (17 December 1906 – 26 January 2022) was a Japanese supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of her death, she was the second-oldest living person in Japan, and the fourth-oldest living validated person in the world.
Biography[]
Yoshi Otsunari was born in Japan on 17 December 1906. She became the second-oldest living person in Japan (behind Kane Tanaka) following the death of Shigeyo Nakachi on 11 January 2021. On 27 July 2021, at the age of 114 years, 222 days, Otsunari surpassed the age of Yone Minagawa to become the second-oldest person ever from Fukuoka Prefecture, behind Kane Tanaka. Otsunari was also the last surviving Japanese person born in 1906.
Otsunari died in Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan on 26 January 2022 at the age of 115 years, 40 days. At the time of her death, she was the fourth-oldest validated living person in the world, behind Kane Tanaka, Lucile Randon, and Tekla Juniewicz.
References[]
- 県内高齢者関係資料(平成30年9月1日現在) Fukuoka Prefecture, September 2018
- 大牟田市の高齢化統計資料 Omuta City, April 2019
- 大牟田市の高齢化統計資料 Omuta City, 1 April 2021
- 県内高齢者関係資料 Fukuoka Prefecture, 1 September 2021
- 人生トライアスロン金メダル 100歳迎えた73人に贈呈 Mainichi, 17 September 2021
- 乙成ヨシさん 115歳=国内2番目の長寿者 /福岡 | 毎日新聞 Mainichi, 28 January 2022