Jiroemon Kimura
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Kimura on his 115th birthday on April 19, 2012
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| Native name | 木村 次郎右衛門 |
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三宅 金治郎 (Miyake Kinjirō?) April 19, 1897 Kamiukawa, Japan |
| Died | June 12, 2013 (aged 116 years, 54 days) Kyōtango, Japan |
| Cause of death | Natural causes |
| Residence | Kyōtango, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Retired postal worker, farmer |
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| Spouse(s) | Yae Kimura (1904–1978) (m. ?–1978; her death) |
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| Parent(s) | Morizo and Fusa Miyake |
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Jiroemon Kimura (木村 次郎右衛門 Kimura Jirōemon?, April 19, 1897 – June 12, 2013) was a Japanese supercentenarian. He became the oldest verified male in history on December 28, 2012, at the age of 115 years and 253 days when he surpassed the age of Christian Mortensen who died in 1998; and also became the first and so far the only man who indisputably reached 116 years of age, being 116 years, 54 days old at the time of his death from natural causes on June 12, 2013, in a hospital in his hometown of Kyōtango, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. He was the last known living man born in the 19th century.
Kimura became the oldest living man in Japan upon the death of Tomoji Tanabe on June 19, 2009, the world's oldest living man upon the death of Walter Breuning on April 15, 2011, the oldest living person in Japan upon the death of Chiyono Hasegawa on December 2, 2011, and the world's oldest living person upon the death of Dina Manfredini on December 17, 2012, until his own death.
Kimura was born as Kinjiro Miyake (三宅 金治郎 Miyake Kinjirō?). According to records, he was born on April 19, 1897, in the fishing village of Kamiukawa, the third of six children born to farmers Morizo and Fusa Miyake. According to Kimura's nephew, Tamotsu Miyake, Kimura was actually born on March 19, 1897, but his birthday was instead recorded as April 19, 1897, by mistake in 1955 when records from neighboring towns were consolidated and re-done. He finished school second in his class at age 14 and commenced working from local post offices around the age of 17.
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