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was a Japanese supercentenarian. He became the undisputed oldest male in history on December 28, 2012, at the age of 115 years and 253 days when he surpassed the age of Christian Mortensen who died in 1998;〔 and also became the first man who undisputably reached 116 years of age, being 116 years and 54 days old at the time of his death from natural causes on June 12, 2013, in a hospital in his hometown of Kyōtango, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. He was also the last known living man born in the 19th century.〔 - - 〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=World's oldest man ever turns 116 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=From horseless carriages to iPhone5s: The world during 116-year-old Jiroemon Kimura’s lifetime ) - (【引用サイトリンク】title=Jiroemon Kimura, Oldest Man in Recorded History, Dies at 116 )〕 Kimura became the oldest living man in Japan upon the death of Tomoji Tanabe on June 19, 2009, the world's oldest living man upon the death of Walter Breuning on April 14, 2011, the oldest living person in Japan upon the death of Chiyono Hasegawa on December 2, 2011, and the world's oldest living person〔 upon the death of Dina Manfredini on December 17, 2012, until his own death. ==Early life and education== Kimura was born as on April 19, 1897〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM )〕 in the fishing village of Kamiukawa, the third of six children born to farmers Morizo and Fusa Miyake. According to Kimura's nephew, Tamotsu Miyake, Kimura was actually born on March 19, 1897 but his birthday was instead recorded as April 19, 1897 by mistake in 1955 when records from neighboring towns were consolidated and re-done.〔 He finished school second in his class at age 14 and commenced working from local post offices around the age of 17. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jiroemon Kimura」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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