Shigechiyo Izumi

About Shigechiyo Izumi

Birth Day: June 29, 1865
Birth Place: Japan
Died On: Feb 21, 1986 (age 120)
Birth Sign: Cancer

Shigechiyo Izumi Net Worth

Shigechiyo Izumi was born on June 29, 1865 in Japan. Remembered for his Guinness Book of World Records designation as the world's oldest person alive, this supercentenarian had his title posthumously revoked after his stated birth year came into question. At the time of his death, he was either 120 or 105 years old, depending upon his actual birth year. 
Shigechiyo Izumi is a member of Supercentenarian

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About

Remembered for his Guinness Book of World Records designation as the world's oldest person alive, this Supercentenarian had his title posthumously revoked after his stated birth year came into question. At the time of his death, he was either 120 or 105 years old, depending upon his actual birth year. 

Before Fame

He was born on the island of Tokunoshima, in what was then the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Trivia

He frequently drank an alcoholic beverage called shochu and, in his seventies, began smoking.

Family Life

The birth certificate that he used as proof of his claim to be the oldest man alive was believed by some to have belonged to his older, long-ago deceased brother.

Associated With

Before his birth year was called into question, he, like Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment, was one of a handful of Guinness-verified longest-living people.