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Moving mention of Calment, since she was not yet 120 when Izumi died. Making clear that Izumi's claimed birth date was 1865, and that this is now considered highly dubious at best.
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| native_name = 泉 重千代
| native_name = 泉 重千代
| native_name_lang = ja
| native_name_lang = ja
|birth_date = before 1866 (claimed)
|birth_date = Unknown
|birth_place = [[Isen, Kagoshima|Isen]], [[Tokunoshima]], [[Satsuma Domain]], Japan
|birth_place = [[Isen, Kagoshima|Isen]], [[Tokunoshima]], [[Satsuma Domain]], Japan
|death_date = 21 February 1986 (aged 120+; claimed)
|death_date = 21 February 1986 (claimed age 120)
|death_place = [[Isen, Kagoshima|Isen]], [[Ōshima District, Kagoshima]], Japan
|death_place = [[Isen, Kagoshima|Isen]], [[Ōshima District, Kagoshima]], Japan
|known_for = [[Longevity claims|Claimed longevity]]
|known_for = [[Longevity claims|Claimed longevity]]
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{{Nihongo|'''Shigechiyo Izumi'''|泉 重千代|Izumi Shigechiyo|? – 21 February 1986}} was a Japanese [[centenarian]] who was titled the [[Oldest people|oldest living person]] after the death of Niwa Kawamoto on 16 November 1976, also from Japan. His case was initially verified by ''[[Guinness World Records]]'', who titled him the oldest man ever, but Guinness later withdrew their claim; in the 2012 edition, [[Christian Mortensen]] was named the "oldest verified man ever" and Izumi was not mentioned.<ref>{{cite book |title=Guinness World Records |date=27 March 2012 |publisher=[[Bantam Books]] |page=86 |isbn=978-0-345-53437-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=biWfNzQiR8EC |access-date=20 February 2020}}</ref>
{{Nihongo|'''Shigechiyo Izumi'''|泉 重千代|Izumi Shigechiyo|? – 21 February 1986}} was a Japanese man who was titled the [[Oldest people|oldest living person]] after the death of Niwa Kawamoto on 16 November 1976, also from Japan. Izumi's claimed 1865 birth date was accepted by ''[[Guinness World Records]]'', which recognized him as the oldest verified man ever, but this was eventually withdrawn; in the 2012 edition, [[Christian Mortensen]] was named the "oldest verified man ever" and Izumi was not mentioned.<ref>{{cite book |title=Guinness World Records |date=27 March 2012 |publisher=[[Bantam Books]] |page=86 |isbn=978-0-345-53437-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=biWfNzQiR8EC |access-date=20 February 2020}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
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==Death and uncertainty over age==
==Death and uncertainty over age==
After a brief hospitalization, Izumi died of [[pneumonia]]<ref name="Guinness 1999">{{cite book |title=The Guinness Book of Records |edition=1999 |page=102 |date=September 1998 |publisher=[[Guinness Records]] |isbn=0-965-23839-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8WcLxwEACAAJ&q=Izumi |access-date=20 February 2020}}</ref> at 21:15 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] on 21 February 1986. He was one of only two people (the other being [[Jeanne Calment]]) claimed verified to have lived past their 120th birthday, although subsequent research has discounted this claim. In April 1987, 14 months after Izumi's death, the Department of Epidemiology at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology reported that research into Izumi's family registration records indicated he might have been 105 when he died.<ref>Asahi News Service, APRIL 6, 1987, MONDAY, JAPANESE EXPERT DEBUNKS IDEA OF 'VILLAGE OF 100-YEAR-OLDS'</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://supercentenarian.com/oldest/izumi.html |title=The Shigechiyo Izumi Case |publisher=Supercentenarian.com |date=6 April 1987 |access-date=20 August 2011}}</ref> The 2011 ''Guinness World Records'' book states that the birth certificate submitted as evidence might have actually belonged to a deceased brother, and the family may have re-used "Shigechiyo" as a [[necronym]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grg.org/calmentmen1.html |title=Men Supercentenarian Photos File No. 1 of 3 for the years 2001-2008 |publisher=Genealogy Research Group |date=11 September 2012 |access-date=20 February 2020}}</ref>
After a brief hospitalization, Izumi died of [[pneumonia]]<ref name="Guinness 1999">{{cite book |title=The Guinness Book of Records |edition=1999 |page=102 |date=September 1998 |publisher=[[Guinness Records]] |isbn=0-965-23839-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8WcLxwEACAAJ&q=Izumi |access-date=20 February 2020}}</ref> at 21:15 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] on 21 February 1986. At the time, he was considered the only person ever verified to have reached the age of 120, although subsequent research has cast doubt on his actual age. In April 1987, 14 months after Izumi's death, the Department of Epidemiology at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology reported that research into Izumi's family registration records indicated he might have been 105 when he died.<ref>Asahi News Service, APRIL 6, 1987, MONDAY, JAPANESE EXPERT DEBUNKS IDEA OF 'VILLAGE OF 100-YEAR-OLDS'</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://supercentenarian.com/oldest/izumi.html |title=The Shigechiyo Izumi Case |publisher=Supercentenarian.com |date=6 April 1987 |access-date=20 August 2011}}</ref> The 2011 ''Guinness World Records'' book states that the birth certificate submitted as evidence might have actually belonged to a deceased brother, and the family may have re-used "Shigechiyo" as a [[necronym]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grg.org/calmentmen1.html |title=Men Supercentenarian Photos File No. 1 of 3 for the years 2001-2008 |publisher=Genealogy Research Group |date=11 September 2012 |access-date=20 February 2020}}</ref>


With the closing of the "Guinness World Record Museum" in Niagara Falls, ON in September 2020, the display and reproduction of Izumi now resides in a private collection in Canada.
With the closing of the "Guinness World Record Museum" in Niagara Falls, ON in September 2020, the display and reproduction of Izumi now resides in a private collection in Canada.


The oldest undisputed case of male longevity is [[Jiroemon Kimura]], also from Japan, who died at age 116 years and 54 days.<ref>{{cite news|last=Matsuyama|first=Kanoko|title=Oldest man in history dies at age 116 |url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/oldest-man-in-history-dies-at-age-116-20130612-2o35e.html|accessdate=12 June 2013|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=June 12, 2013}}</ref>
The oldest undisputed case of male longevity is [[Jiroemon Kimura]], also from Japan, who died at age 116 years and 54 days.<ref>{{cite news|last=Matsuyama|first=Kanoko|title=Oldest man in history dies at age 116 |url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/oldest-man-in-history-dies-at-age-116-20130612-2o35e.html|accessdate=12 June 2013|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=June 12, 2013}}</ref> [[Jeanne Calment]] holds the record for verified female longevity at 122 years and 164 days.


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 03:30, 25 March 2023

Shigechiyo Izumi
泉 重千代
Shigechiyo Izumi with a group of children
BornUnknown
Isen, Tokunoshima, Satsuma Domain, Japan
Died21 February 1986 (claimed age 120)
Isen, Ōshima District, Kagoshima, Japan
Known forClaimed longevity

Shigechiyo Izumi (泉 重千代, Izumi Shigechiyo, ? – 21 February 1986) was a Japanese man who was titled the oldest living person after the death of Niwa Kawamoto on 16 November 1976, also from Japan. Izumi's claimed 1865 birth date was accepted by Guinness World Records, which recognized him as the oldest verified man ever, but this was eventually withdrawn; in the 2012 edition, Christian Mortensen was named the "oldest verified man ever" and Izumi was not mentioned.[1]

Biography

Guinness World Records found a document attesting that he was 24 years old in 1889 when he was exempted from military service to deal with sugar cane fields.[citation needed]

Izumi drank brown sugar shōchū (a Japanese alcoholic beverage often distilled from barley or rice), and took up smoking at age 70.[2][failed verification] Izumi's personal physician strongly advised him against drinking shōchū as his kidneys were not strong enough to process shōchū in his advanced age, but Izumi went on to say: "Without shōchū there would be no pleasure in life. I would rather die than give up drinking."[3] He retired from sugar cane farming in 1970.[2]

Death and uncertainty over age

After a brief hospitalization, Izumi died of pneumonia[4] at 21:15 JST on 21 February 1986. At the time, he was considered the only person ever verified to have reached the age of 120, although subsequent research has cast doubt on his actual age. In April 1987, 14 months after Izumi's death, the Department of Epidemiology at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology reported that research into Izumi's family registration records indicated he might have been 105 when he died.[5][6] The 2011 Guinness World Records book states that the birth certificate submitted as evidence might have actually belonged to a deceased brother, and the family may have re-used "Shigechiyo" as a necronym.[7]

With the closing of the "Guinness World Record Museum" in Niagara Falls, ON in September 2020, the display and reproduction of Izumi now resides in a private collection in Canada.

The oldest undisputed case of male longevity is Jiroemon Kimura, also from Japan, who died at age 116 years and 54 days.[8] Jeanne Calment holds the record for verified female longevity at 122 years and 164 days.

See also

References

  1. ^ Guinness World Records. Bantam Books. 27 March 2012. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-345-53437-8. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b The Guinness Book of Records (1993 ed.). Bantam Books. October 1992. p. 355. ISBN 0-553-56257-6. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Secrets of the oldest man in the world". The Moscow News. Archived from the original on 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2007-01-01.
  4. ^ The Guinness Book of Records (1999 ed.). Guinness Records. September 1998. p. 102. ISBN 0-965-23839-3. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  5. ^ Asahi News Service, APRIL 6, 1987, MONDAY, JAPANESE EXPERT DEBUNKS IDEA OF 'VILLAGE OF 100-YEAR-OLDS'
  6. ^ "The Shigechiyo Izumi Case". Supercentenarian.com. 6 April 1987. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Men Supercentenarian Photos File No. 1 of 3 for the years 2001-2008". Genealogy Research Group. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  8. ^ Matsuyama, Kanoko (June 12, 2013). "Oldest man in history dies at age 116". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
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