| Nijiro Tokuda | |
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| Birth: | 10 June 1895 Kagoshima, Japan |
| Death: | 12 June 2006 Kagoshima, Japan |
| Age: | 111 years, 2 days |
| Country: |  JPN
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| Validated | |
Nijiro Tokuda (徳田 二次郎 Tokuda Nijirō?, 10 June 1895 – 12 June 2006) was a Japanese supercentenarian, who was, at the time of the death, the oldest living man in Japan, as well as the sixth oldest validated living man in the world. He was believed to have become the oldest living man in Japan following the death of Kohachi Shigetaka almost one year before at age 110. He is currently the oldest validated man ever from Kagoshima Prefecture.
Biography[]
Tokuda was born in Kagoshima Prefecture on 10 June 1895. In his senior years, he lived in the care house Sakura no Sono in Kagoshima. Although he had been using a walking aid since fracturing his foot about 10 years ago, he continued to be an avid photographer and shot pictures of a local summer festival using a camera he owned for more than 20 years. He walked to the facility's cantina three times a day and occasionally traveled in a wheelchair out in public, as when he voted in Japan's general election of late 2005. When someone asked him how he lived so long, he said: "It is important not to strain yourself. You can live a long life if you stay quiet and calm."[1]
References[]
- ↑ Japan's oldest man dies NBC News. 13 June 2006
| Japan's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
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Shozaburo Oda • Tokusaburo Hatsukade • Unknown • Ikumatsu Matsuura • Masakichi Kai • Goro Usuyama • Shizuo Jinjiang • Kokuzo Iwate • Eisaku Takada • Hisaharu Arai • Chojiro Goto • Yozotaro Yoshikawa • Masutaro Sato • Takataro Hiragushi • Mataichi Ono • Shotaro Tanaka • Rinzo Shimizu • Koji Onishi • Inasaku Abe • Mokotaru Osada • Eiju Tsuru • Kiichi Fujiwara • Nisaburo Matsuyama • Shimetaro Hara • Gihei Oka • Gengan Tonaki • Denzo Ishizaki • Sadayoshi Tanabe • Yukichi Chuganji • Kameni Nakamura • Minsho Ozawa • Totaro Murakami • Kohachi Shigetaka • Nijiro Tokuda • Tomoji Tanabe • Jiroemon Kimura • Jokichi Ikarashi • Sakari Momoi • Yasutaro Koide • Masamitsu Yoshida • Masazo Nonaka • Chitetsu Watanabe • Issaku Tomoe • Shojiro Shirai • Motoi Fukunishi • Mikizo Ueda • Shigeru Nakamura • Gisaburo Sonobe • Tomisaburo Wakui |