Eiju Tsuru

- Full name: Eiju Tsuru
- Lifespan: 1879-02-04 – 1990-01-11
- Age: 110 years, 341 days
- Birthplace: Fukuoka, Japan
- Last residence: Fukuoka, Japan
- Application date: N/A
- Validation date: 2001-02-15
- Validation source: MHLW Japan/Robert Young/Jean-Marie Robine
Biography
Tsuru was born in Fukuoka, Japan. In his youth, he decided not to smoke or drink, a decision he abided by for his entire life. He raised eight children with his wife Shige, who died in 1942 aged 59. Tsuru was fond of bananas, and his family attributed his longevity to “a large appetite and a Meiji era streak of stubbornness”.
Tsuru farmed into his 90s, after which he moved from his home prefecture of Fukuoka to the prefecture of Nagano.
Tsuru was the last Russo-Japanese War veteran living in Japan at the time of his death. Only one veteran, Mamoru Eto (1883–1992), who died in the United States, died after him. At the time of Tsuru’s death, he was the oldest Japanese man ever, a title he retained until Gengan Tonaki surpassed him in age. He was also the first Japanese man to reach the age of 110.
Upon Tsuru’s death from a prolonged illness lasting two months, 109-year-old Kiichi Fujiwara became Japan’s oldest man. Tsuru was survived by 15 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, and an immediate family of 41 people.
Validation
The supercentenarian case of Eiju Tsuru is verified by MHLW Japan, Robert Young, Jean-Marie Robine and validated by the Gerontology Research Group on 15.02.2001.

Eiju Tsuru at the age of 100 yers

Eiju Tsuru at the age 107 yers