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Koto Okubo (大久保 琴, Ōkubo Koto, born 24 December 1897) is a Japanese supercentenarian, who at the age of 127 years, 3 days, is the oldest woman in Asia and the fourth oldest person living in the world. Known as the "anonymous lady of Kanagawa," Koto Okubo, just a few weeks shy of her 114th birthday, became the oldest woman from Japan and Asia after the death of Chiyono Hasegawa on 2 December 2011. Little is known about Okubo, since she was "discovered and identified" at this year's annual census done in Japan.

Longevity milestones

2011

• 2 December 2011 – Chiyono Hasegawa died, Koto Okubo becomes at the age of 113 years 343 days, the oldest living woman in Japan.

2012

• 24 January 2012 – Delma Kollar died, Koto Okubo becomes the fourth oldest living person in the world.
• 14 September 2012 – Koto Okubo is identified, recognized by the GRG as the oldest woman living in Japan.

See also

• List of Japanese supercentenarians
• List of living supercentenarians
• List of the verified oldest people
• List of the verified oldest women
• List of oldest living people by nation
• List of oldest people by year of birth
• Oldest people

References

1. "Oldest Validated Living Supercentenarians". Gerontology Research Group.

• "100 years old or more, the highest increase in more than 42 consecutive years, the first 50,000 people, both men and women". The Chugoku Shimbun.
• "Centenarians in Japan set to number over 50,000 for 1st time". The Mainichi.

• 1897 births
• Living people
• People from Kanagawa Prefecture
• Japanese supercentenarians