Jiroemon Kimura

Jiroemon Kimura
Jiroemon Kimura
木村次郎右衛門
	Kimura on his 115th birthday in 2012
Born	Miyake Kinjiro (三宅金治郎); 19 April 1897; Kamiukawa, Kyoto, Empire of Japan
Died	12 June 2013 (aged 116 years, 54 days); Kyōtango, Kyoto, Japan
Known for	Oldest man ever; Oldest living man (25 September 2011 – 12 June 2013); Oldest living person (17 December 2012 – 12 June 2013);
Spouse	Yae Kimura (m. 1920; died 1979)
Children	8
Military career
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Service/branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service	1918–1921
Battles/wars	World War I;

Jiroemon Kimura (Japanese: 木村次郎右衛門, Hepburn: Kimura Jirōemon; 19 April 1897 – 12 June 2013) was a Japanese supercentenarian who was the verified oldest living person between Dina Manfredini's death on 17 December 2012 and his own death at age 116 years and 54 days on 12 June 2013.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Kimura became the verified oldest living man on 25 September 2011 at the age of 114, upon the death of Peru's Horacio Celi Mendoza, and later also the oldest man in history whose lifespan is verified on 28 December 2012, when he surpassed the age of Christian Mortensen (1882–1998),^[5] as well as the only verified man who has lived to age 116.

Kimura was, after 113-year-old James Sisnett's death on 23 May 2013, the last surviving man born in the 19th century.^[6]

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