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| name = Misao Okawa |
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| image = Misao Okawa.jpg |
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| native_name = 大川 ミサヲ |
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| native_name_lang = ja |
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| birth_name = |
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1898|3|5|df=y}} |
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| birth_place = [[Kita-ku, Osaka|Tenma (present-day Kita-ku), Osaka]], Japan |
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| death_date = {{death date|2015|4|1|df=y}}<br/>(aged {{age in years and days|1898|3|5|2015|4|1}}) |
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| death_place = [[Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka]], Japan |
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| death_cause = Heart failure |
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| known for = Oldest living person in the world, oldest verified Japanese person ever |
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| spouse = Yukio Okawa (m. 1919–1931; his death) |
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| children = 3 |
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| relatives={{Unbulleted list |
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| 4 grandchildren |
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| 6 great-grandchildren}} |
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{{Nihongo|'''Misao Okawa'''|大川 ミサヲ|Ōkawa Misao|sometimes [[Romanization|romanized]] as '''Misawo Okawa'''; 5 March 1898 – 1 April 2015}}<ref name="jiji20150401"/> was a Japanese [[supercentenarian]] who was the [[List of oldest living people|world's oldest living person]] from the death of Japanese man [[Jiroemon Kimura]] on 12 June 2013 until her own death on 1 April 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-06-11/jiroemon-kimura-oldest-man-in-recorded-history-dies-at-age-116|title=Jiroemon Kimura, Oldest Man in Recorded History, Dies at 116|accessdate=June 12, 2013}}{{dead link|date=April 2015}}</ref> |
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Okawa is the [[List of Japanese supercentenarians|verified oldest Japanese person ever]], the [[List of supercentenarians from Asia|oldest person ever born in Asia]], and the fifth [[List of the verified oldest people|oldest verified person ever recorded]]. Okawa was the 30th person verified to have reached age 115, the tenth verified person to reach the age of 116 and the fifth verified person to reach the age of 117.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/03/04/390687977/born-in-1898-world-s-oldest-living-person-celebrates-birthday|title=Born In 1898: World's Oldest Living Person Celebrates Birthday|date=March 4, 2015|work=NPR.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://time.com/3731407/worlds-oldest-person-117|title=The World's Oldest Person is Totally Chill About Turning 117|author=Sam Frizell|work=TIME.com}}</ref> |
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== Biography == |
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Okawa was born on 5 March 1898, the fourth daughter of a draper in the Tenma district (present-day [[Kita-ku, Osaka|Kita-ku]]) of [[Osaka]]. From 1997, she lived at a [[nursing home]] in [[Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka]].<ref name="jiji20150401"/> She married Yukio Okawa in 1919 and had three children (two daughters and one son), of whom her son, Hiroshi, and daughter Shizuyo survived her.<ref name="Okawa115"/> Her husband died on 20 June 1931.<ref>{{cite book|title=Guinness World Records 2014|publisher=Guinness World Records|isbn=978-1908843357|page=59}}</ref> She had four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.<ref name="Okawa115">{{cite web|url=http://sankei.jp.msn.com/west/west_life/news/130305/wlf13030511370013-n2.htm|script-title=ja:これまでの人生振り返り「短いな」世界最高齢女性の大川ミサヲさんが１１５歳の誕生日|trans_title= Birthday of the 115-year-old Misao Okawa's oldest women in the world "short" recalls life so far|date=March 5, 2013|work=Sankei News|location=Japan|language=Japanese|accessdate=April 29, 2014}}</ref><ref name="usatoday20130227"/> She was able to walk until she was 110, when she began using a wheelchair to prevent falls. She could, however, propel herself using her wheelchair.<ref name="Okawa115"/> |
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Okawa died at her nursing home residence in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan at 6:58 AM, on 1 April 2015<ref name="jiji20150401"/><ref name="bbc"/> after suffering heart failure.<ref>Tanya Lewis, [http://www.livescience.com/50340-worlds-oldest-woman-died.html], ''Live Science'', April 1, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015</ref> |
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==Longevity== |
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Okawa was the [[List of the verified oldest women|world's oldest living woman]] since the death of 115-year-old Japanese woman [[Koto Okubo]] on 12 January 2013.<ref name="telegraph20130114">{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/9799574/Oldest-woman-in-the-world-dies.html|title=Oldest woman in the world dies|first=Julian|last=Ryall|date=January 14, 2013|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|publisher=Telegraph Media Group Limited|location= Tokyo|accessdate=January 28, 2013}}</ref> On 27 February 2013, a few days before her 115th birthday, she was officially recognized by [[Guinness World Records]] as the oldest living woman in the world and was presented with a certificate at her nursing home in Osaka.<ref name="usatoday20130227">{{cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/02/27/japan-worlds-oldest-woman/1950315|title=Japan names world's oldest woman|accessdate=February 27, 2013|work=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> |
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Okawa said that sushi and sleep were the reasons why she lived so long.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2572316/The-secret-long-life-Sushi-sleep-according-worlds-oldest-woman.html|title=World's oldest woman Misao Okawa says Sushi and sleep are secret to a long life|work=Daily Mail Online|accessdate=April 1, 2015}}</ref> On her 117th birthday, she said that her life seemed short. When asked about the secret of her longevity, she replied, jokingly, "I wonder about that too."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/05/life-short-worlds-oldest-person-misao-okawa-117|title=Life seems short, says world's oldest person at 117|first=Justin|last=McCurry|date=March 5, 2015|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=March 13, 2015}}</ref> |
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Okawa died on 1 April 2015, less than a month after her 117th birthday.<ref name="jiji20150401">{{cite web|url=http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2015040100263|script-title=ja: 世界最高齢大川ミサヲさん死去＝１１７歳、老衰で－大阪|trans_title=Misao Osawa, world's oldest person, dies of old age in Osaka at 117|date=April 1, 2015|work=Jiji.com|publisher=Jiji Press|location=Japan|language=Japanese|accessdate=April 1, 2015}}</ref><ref name="mainichi20150401">{{cite web|url=http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20150401p2g00m0dm036000c.html|title=World's oldest person Misao Okawa dies at 117|date= April 1, 2015|work=Mainichi|publisher=The Mainichi Newspapers|location= Japan|accessdate=April 1, 2015}}</ref><ref name="bbc">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/32142324 Okawa profile], bbc.co.uk; accessed April 1, 2015.</ref> |
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==See also== |
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*[[List of oldest people by year of birth]] |
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*[[List of supercentenarians who died in 2015]] |
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*[[List of the verified oldest women]] |
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*[[Longevity]] |
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*[[Oldest people]] |
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==References== |
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{{Succession box| before = [[Koto Okubo]] | title =[[List of living supercentenarians|Oldest recognized verified living woman]]| years = 12 January 2013 – 1 April 2015 | after = [[Gertrude Weaver]]}} |
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{{Succession box| before = [[Jiroemon Kimura]] | title = [[List of living supercentenarians|Oldest verified living person]] | years = 12 June 2013 – 1 April 2015 | after = [[Gertrude Weaver]]}} |
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{{Succession box| before = [[Jiroemon Kimura]] | title = [[List of Japanese supercentenarians|Oldest verified living Japanese]] | years = 12 June 2013 – 1 April 2015 | after = Nabi Tajima}} |
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{{Succession box| before = [[Tane Ikai]] | title = [[List of Japanese supercentenarians|Oldest Japanese person ever]] | years = 28 August 2014 – present | after = present}} |
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{{Oldest people}} |
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{{Persondata |
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| NAME = Okawa, Misao |
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| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Japanese supercentenerian |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = March 5, 1898 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan |
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| DATE OF DEATH = April 1, 2015 |
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| PLACE OF DEATH = Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Okawa, Misao}} |
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[[Category:1898 births]] |
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[[Category:2015 deaths]] |
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[[Category:Japanese supercentenarians]] |
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[[Category:Female supercentenarians]] |
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[[Category:People from Osaka]] |
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[[Category:Cardiovascular disease deaths in Japan]] |
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Revision as of 13:38, 5 July 2015
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