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{{Nihongo|'''Kane Tanaka'''|田中カ子|Tanaka Kane|2 January 1903 – 19 April 2022}} was a Japanese [[supercentenarian]]. She was the world's oldest [[List of oldest living people|verified living person]] from 22 July 2018 until her death on 19 April 2022.<ref name="GRG">{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/TableE.html|title=Validated Living Supercentenarians|website=grg.org|publisher=[[Gerontology Research Group]]|date=19 October 2017|access-date=20 October 2017|archive-date=29 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429205648/http://www.grg.org/Adams/TableE.html|url-status=dead}} The Gerontology Research Group(GRG) lists people as living whose age has been validated and confirmed to be alive within the past year.</ref>
She is the second-oldest verified person in the world (behind [[Jeanne Calment]]) and oldest verified Japanese and Asian person ever, after passing the record of [[Nabi Tajima]] in September 2020.<ref name=k117>{{Cite web|title=117-year-old granny sets new record as Japan's oldest ever person|url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/09/5e5c26158954-tanaka-sets-new-japan-age-record-at-117-years-261-days.html|access-date=2021-04-29|website=Kyodo News+}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=McCurry|first=Justin|date=2020-09-21|title=Woman, 117, marks becoming Japan's oldest ever person with cola and boardgames|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/21/woman-117-marks-becoming-japans-oldest-ever-person-with-cola-and-boardgames|access-date=2021-04-29|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
== Biography ==
Tanaka lived in [[Fukuoka Prefecture]], Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/26/national/japans-oldest-person-chiyo-miyako-dies-117/#.W1naweSWy70|title=Japan’s oldest person Chiyo Miyako dies at 117|author=Kyodo|work=The Japan Times|access-date=July 26, 2018}}</ref> She credited family, sleep and hope as her secrets for long age. She was married to Hideo Tanaka from 1922 until his death in 1993. They had five children.
She [[married]] Hideo Tanaka at age 19 and was in charge of an [[udon]] [[noodle]] [[shop]] when her husband and eldest son Nobuo were sent to fight in [[World War II]].<ref name = "jp">{{cite web|url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20200919/p2a/00m/0na/023000c|title=117-yr-old woman recognized as Japan's oldest ever person|date=19 September 2020|via=Mainichi Daily News}}</ref> After the war, she and her husband became [[Christians]] and ran a [[rice]] shop together.<ref name = "jp"/>
She lived through all [[List of emperors of Japan|five imperial reigns]] that make up modern day Japan, with the first, the Meiji era, havinghavingum endedlifespan infor 1912.<ref>{{citehumans web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/03/worlds-oldest-person-celebrates-119th-birthday-in-japan-nursing-home|title=World'scould oldestbe person115–125 celebrates 119th birthday in Japan nursing home|date=3 January 2022|work=The Guardian|first=Justin|last=McCurry|access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref>years.
Tanaka was supposed to hold the Olympic torchtch at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]], but decided not to because of an increase in [[COVID-19 pandemic in Japan|COVID-19 cases in Japan]]. <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57006198 |title=Tokyo Olympics: World's oldest person pulls out of torch relay |language=en |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=6 May 2021 |access-date=13 July 2021}}</ref>▼Tanaka said that she would like to live to the age of 120, saying her faith in God, family, sleep, hope, eating good food, and practicing [[mathematics]] has helped her live a long life.<ref>*{{cite news |url=https://www.newsweek.com/who-worlds-oldest-person-miyako-chiyo-dies-117-passing-title-kane-tanaka-1044901 |title=Who is the World's oldest Person? Chiyo Miyako Dies At 117, Passing Title To Kane Tanaka |magazine=[[Newsweek]] |first=David |last=Brennan |date=27 July 2018 |access-date=27 July 2018 }}
*{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/27/us/five-things-december-27-trnd/index.html |title=5 things the week ahead |work=[[CNN]] |first=Faith |last=Karimi |date=27 December 2020 |access-date=29 December 2020 }}
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.hopclear.com/a-japanese-woman-kane-tanaka-is-the-worlds-oldest-person/|title=A Japanese Woman Kane Tanaka Is The Worlds Oldest Person|date=14 September 2018|website=HOPCLEAR|access-date=26 March 2022|archive-date=8 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808145023/https://www.hopclear.com/a-japanese-woman-kane-tanaka-is-the-worlds-oldest-person/|url-status=dead}}
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-113-year-old-kane-tanaka-supercentenarian-2016may06-story.html|title=San Marcos couple celebrate aunt's 113th year|date=6 May 2016|website=San Diego Union-Tribune}}</ref> Her long life along with that of [[Jeanne Calment]] and [[Sarah Knauss]] has created the debate that the maximum lifespan for humans could be 115–125 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2022/01/04/worlds-oldest-person-turns-119-hopes-to-reach-her-120th-birthday/|title=World's oldest person turns 119, hopes to reach her 120th birthday|work=New York Post|date=4 January 2022|access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n_0xEAAAQBAJ&dq=Kane+Tanaka&pg=PT23|title=Breaking the "Sound Barrier" of Lifespan|work=The Science and Technology of Growing Young: An Insider's Guide to the Breakthroughs that Will Dramatically Extend Our Lifespan . . . and What You Can Do Right Now|author=Sergey Young|publisher=BenBella Books|year=2021|isbn=9781953295392}}</ref>
▲Tanaka was supposed to hold the Olympic torch at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]], but decided not to because of an increase in [[COVID-19 pandemic in Japan|COVID-19 cases in Japan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57006198 |title=Tokyo Olympics: World's oldest person pulls out of torch relay |language=en |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=6 May 2021 |access-date=13 July 2021}}</ref>
Tanaka died in a hospital in Fukuoka, on 19 April 2022, nine days after becoming the second oldest verified person ever. Her death was announced on 25 April.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mills |first=Kelly-Ann |date=2022-04-25 |title=World's oldest person Kane Tanaka dies in Japan at the age of 119 |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-worlds-oldest-person-kane-26789849 |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=mirror |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-25 |title=The world’s oldest person has died in Japan |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/japan/kane-tanaka-oldest-person-death-age-b2064718.html |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> Her funeral was held on 29 April 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tnc.co.jp/sp/news/articles/NID2022042913620|language=ja|title=世界最高齢１１９歳の田中力子さん 葬儀で最後のお別れ 好物のコーラも祭壇に 福岡市|date=2022-04-29|accessdate=2022-07-22|website=West Japan TV}}</ref>
== Longevity milestones ==
* 222 January 2021 – Kane Tanaka became the 3rd verified personJuson in history to reach age 118, and the first to do so since Sarah Knauss, who celebrated her 118th birthday on September 24, 1998. ▼*22 July 2018 - [[Chiyo Miyako]] died. Kane Tanaka, aged 115 years and 201 days, become the world's oldest living person.<ref>[https://grg.org/Adams/C.HTM Table C - World's Oldest Person (WOP) Titleholders Since 1955] Gerontology Research Group</ref>
*18 June 2019 - [[Maria-Giuseppa Robucci]] died. Kane Tanaka became the last verified surviving person born in 1903.
*2 January 2020 – Kane Tanaka became the 9th verified person in history to reach age 117, and the 4th Japanese person to do so.
*19 September 2020 - Broke the record of longest-lived Japanese person, as well as the 3rd-oldest person in the history, after surpassing [[Nabi Tajima]]'s age of 117 years, 260 days.<ref name=k117 />
▲*2 January 2021 – Kane Tanaka became the 3rd verified person in history to reach age 118, and the first to do so since Sarah Knauss, who celebrated her 118th birthday on September 24, 1998.
*2 January 2022 – Kane Tanaka became the 3rd verified person in history to reach age 119, and the first to do so since Sarah Knauss, who celebrated her 119th birthday on September 24, 1999.
*10 April 2022 - With the age of 119 years and 98 days, surpassed the lifespan of [[Sarah Knauss]] to become the 2nd-oldest verified person.
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