Sue Utagawa
- Full name: Sue Utagawa
- Lifespan: 1884-01-19 – 1997-05-04
- Age: 113 years, 105 days
- Birthplace: Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
- Last residence: Ube,Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
- Application date: N/A
- Validation date: 2002-01-23
- Validation source: MHLW Japan
Biography
Sue Utagawa was born into a farming family in Hofu, 485 miles, southwest of Tokyo, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan on 19 January 1884. She married in 1910 and had four children. Her husband died in 1948. Sue Utagawa was Japan’s oldest living person for almost two years, from the death of Tane Ikai in July 1995 to her own death on 4 May 1997 in a hospital in Ube, 510 miles southwest of Tokyo, Yamaguchi Prefecture at the age of 113 years and 105 days. She is currently the oldest validated person ever from Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Validation
The supercentenarian case of Sue Utagawa is verified by MHLW Japan and validated by the Gerontology Research Group on 23.01.2002 .
Sue Utagawa at the age of 112
