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Nabi Tajima
田島 ナビ
Born4 August 1900
(age 123 years, 336 days)
Wan Village (currently Kikai Town), Kagoshima, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Known forOldest living person in Japan[1]
Children9

Nabi Tajima (田島 ナビ, Tajima Nabi, born 4 August 1900)[2][3] is a Japanese supercentenarian who is, at the age of 123 years, 336 days, the oldest verified living person in Japan[1] and the world's 4th oldest verified living person behind Susannah Mushatt Jones, Emma Morano and Violet Brown. Tajima is the 5th oldest Japanese person ever recorded, the 4th oldest Japanese woman ever recorded and the longest lived person ever recorded in Kyushu.

Biography

Tajima was born in Araki, an area of what was then Wan Village, in the westernmost part of Kikaijima Island, and currently resides in Kikai. As of September 2011, she had 9 children (7 sons and 2 daughters), 28 grandchildren, 56 great-grandchildren and 35 great-great-grandchildren.[4] As of September 2015, she had over 140 descendants.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "国内最高齢の115歳女性が死去" [Oldest Person in Japan 115yo Woman Dies] (in Japanese). 28 September 2015. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  2. ^ Schumann, Rebecka (9 June 2014). "Misao Okawa, The World's Oldest Woman, And 39 Other Female Supercentenarians". International Business Times. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  3. ^ Guinness World Records 2015. Guinness World Records. 11 September 2014. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-9088-4370-8.
  4. ^ "広報きかい" [Kikai News] (PDF) (in Japanese). Kikai Town Hall. September 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. ^ "「ナビばあちゃんちばりよー」/喜界町の田島さんに県祝い状" ["Grandma Nabi" - Kikai City holds provincial celebration for Mrs. Tajima] (in Japanese). 16 September 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.