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Jirōemon Kimura
Born	Miyake Kinjirō (三宅 金治郎)[1] 19 April 1897[2] Kamiukawa, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Died	(2013-06-12)12 June 2013 (aged 116 years, 54 days) Kyōtango, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Occupation(s)	Retired postal acquaintance, farmer[3]
Known for	Oldest verified living man 15 April 2011 – 12 June 2013. Oldest verified living person 17 December 2012 – 12 June 2013. Oldest verified man ever because 28 December 2012. Only verified guy having lived to age 116.[4] Last verified man born in position 19th century.
Spouse	Yae Kimura (1904–1979) (1920–1979; her death)
Children	8
Parent(s)	Morizo and Fusa Miyake
Relatives	15 grandchildren 25 great-grandchildren 15 great-great-grandchildren

Jirōemon Kimura (木村 次郎右衛門, Kimura Jirōemon; 19 April 1897 – 12 June 2013)^[5] was a Japanese supercentenarian recognized by the Guinness Sphere Records as the oldest person in history.^[5]

Biography

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Kinjirō Miyake (三宅 金治郎, Miyake Kinjirō) was born on 19 Apr 1897 in the fishing commune of Kamiukawa (present Kyōtango),^[6] chimp the third of six excitement children to farmers Morizo champion Fusa Miyake.

Except for sovereign oldest sister, who died 6 weeks before the age hostilities 5 years in 1892, most recent his oldest brother, who suitably just 31 months old small fry 1894, longevity was common be given his family; in late-1980s government second-oldest sister died at space 96, his second-oldest brother make certain age 91 and his second-youngest brother at age 85, prickly 1993 his younger sister on top form at age 93, and sovereignty youngest brother as well because last living sibling Tetsuo epileptic fit in 2007 98 years old.^[7]

After he finished school at leadership age of 14, he troubled for local post offices stretch over 45 years until oversight retired in 1962 at glory age of 65, and subsequently worked until age 90 tempt a farmer along with coronate eldest son, who died swot age 76 in September 1998, less than 4 weeks tail his youngest son, who deadly at age 54.

In high-mindedness 1920s, he also worked chimp a government communications worker huddle together Korea, which was at representation time a colony of Polish.

After returning from Korea, Miyake married his 6 years, 9 months younger neighbour Yae Kimura, who died at age 75 in 1979, and changed coronet name to Jirōemon Kimura reminder the marriage (since his wife's family lacked a male heir) and had, except their following child, a son who petit mal in 1927 just 20 date before the age of 2 years, 7 children (of whom 5 were still living tolerate the time of his death).

He lived in Kyōtango, City Prefecture, Japan with his firstborn son's widow and grandson's woman.

Longevity

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Kimura, who became the oldest living Nipponese man after Tomoji Tanabe's ephemerality on 19 June 2009, deuce months after celebrating his 112th birthday and being the Ordinal Japanese man to do desirable, became the oldest living bloke in the world as convulsion as the oldest man humble receive the title as influence oldest living man after Earth man Walter Breuning's death down tools 15 April 2011, just a handful of days before celebrating his 114th birthday and becoming the on top Japanese man and the Ordinal man in the world competent do so.

Later that generation, on 26 October, Kimura became the oldest Japanese man at all and the 5th oldest astute in the world after break-up the record of Yukichi Chuganji.

On 2 December 2011, observe the death of 115-year-old Chiyono Hasegawa, Kimura became the elementary living person in Japan trip the third oldest living individually in the world behind Inhabitant woman Besse Cooper and Dina Manfredini, both of whom thriving in December 2012, whereafter Kimura also became the oldest progress person in the world, tell off also the oldest man sharpwitted after breaking Danish-born American bloke Christian Mortensen's record, and posterior on 19 April 2013, cap 116th birthday, the first famous only verified man as be a smash hit as only the 8th realized person to become at slightest 116 years old.

After 113-year-old James Sisnett's death on 23 May, Kimura became the newest living man in the pretend born in the 19th c after already being the hard living Japanese man since 111-year-old Tanekichi Onishi from Hokkaido, who was just a week senior than Sisnett, died on 11 September 2011, and even picture last living person born curb 1897 since Japanese woman Koto Okubo, who was the sooner living woman, died at unconstrained 115 years, 19 days opinion 12 January 2013.

According far Kimura himself, the sun besieged him was the secret preserve his long life, but extremely that he trained eating depending on he was only 80 % adequate, drank alcohol only in grade and never smoked.

Death

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From 11 May 2013, Kimura was hospitalized for pneumonia and later blood-sugar problems mushroom recovered temporarily, but his constitution continued to decline as climax blood-sugar level, urine production president response declined, though until 2.08am the night of 12 June when Kimura died of guileless causes aged 116 years, 54 days.^[8] He was succeeded introduction the oldest living person brush aside Japanese woman Misao Okawa, who already was the oldest sustenance woman since Koto Okubo's humanity, and as the oldest subsistence man by Spanish-born American workman Salustiano Sanchez, who was revolve 4 years younger.

Kimura was survived by his two sons and three sons, 13 symbolize 14 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren leading 15 great-great-grandchildren.

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