Yasutaro Koide

	Japan's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E)
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	Yasutaro Koide
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Birth:	13 March 1903; Tsuruga, Fukui, Japan
Death:	19 January 2016; Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Age:	112 years, 312 days
Country:	JPN
	Validated

Yasutaro Koide (Japanese: 小出保太郎; 13 March 1903 – 19 January 2016) was a validated Japanese supercentenarian, recognised as the oldest living man in the world from the death of 112-year-old Sakari Momoi on 5 July 2015 until his own death six months later. He was also the oldest living person in Aichi Prefecture, the oldest validated man ever in Aichi Prefecture, and the sixth-oldest validated Japanese man ever, behind Jiroemon Kimura, Yukichi Chuganji, Tomoji Tanabe, Masazo Nonaka, and Chitetsu Watanabe.^[1]

Biography

Yasutaro Koide was born on 13 March 1903 in Tsuruga, Fukui, Japan, where he worked as a tailor for a men’s clothes shop.

At the age of 107, Koide moved to Nagoya city to be with his daughter. On 21 August 2015, he was officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living man. It was reported he was able to read without glasses, could eat without dentures and was able to walk around in his house.^[2]

Yasutaro Koide died of heart failure and pneumonia in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan at 0:17 AM on 19 January 2016, at the age of 112 years, 312 days.^[3]^[4]