Denzo Ishizaki

JAPAN supercentenarian data

  • Full name: Denzo Ishizaki  [Japanese: 石崎 伝蔵 Ishizaki Denzō]
  • Lifespan: 1886-10-02 – 1999-04-29
  • Age: 112 years, 209 days
  • Birthplace: Ibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
  • Last residence: Kansago, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
  • Application date: N/A
  • Validation date: 2004-04-09
  • Validation source: MHLW Japan

Biography

Denzo Ishizaki was born in Japan on 2 October 1886 and lived in Ibaraki Prefecture as a teacher.

Ishizaki became the oldest man in Japan following the death of 112-year-old Gengan Tonaki in 1997, and became the world’s oldest recognized man following the death of 113-year-old Walter Richardson on 25 December 1998.

On 15 January 1999, he passed the final age of Gengan Tonaki and became the oldest Japanese man ever, and following the death of 113-year-old Yasu Akino on 12 February 1999, he became Japan’s oldest person.

Denzo Ishizaki died in Kansago, Ibaraki, Japan on 29 April 1999, at the age of 112 years, 209 days from multiple organ failure, as the ninth-oldest living person in the world.

As world’s oldest man, he was succeeded in title by then 111-year-old Spaniard Antonio Urrea-Hernandez. He still ranks among the 30 oldest men ever.

He is currently the oldest validated man ever from Ibaraki Prefecture.

Validation

The supercentenarian case of Denzo Ishizaki is verified by MHLW Japan and validated by the Gerontology Research Group on 09.04.2004.

Denzo Ishizaki at the age of 100

Denzo Ishizaki at the age of 105

Denzo Ishizaki at the age of 110

Ishizaki shortly before he turned 111

Denzo Ishizaki in February 1999 at the age of 112