Native name 小出 保太郎 Nationality Japanese | Children 7 children Name Yasutaro Koide | |
Born March 13, 1903
(age 112 years, 311 days) Tsuruga, Fukui, Japan Residence Moriyama-ku, Nagoya, Japan Known for Oldest living man in the world Relatives 9 grandchildren
1 great-grandchild | ||
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Yasutaro Koide (小出 保太郎, Koide Yasutarō, March 13, 1903 – January 19, 2016) was a Japanese supercentenarian, who was the oldest living man in the world following the death of Sakari Momoi on July 5, 2015, until his own death on January 19, 2016.
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Born on March 13, 1903, Koide worked as a tailor for a men's clothes shop in Tsuruga, Fukui. He moved to Nagoya when he was 107 years old, to live with his daughter. When he turned 110, Koide could still read newspapers without eyeglasses and eat without dentures. He became the oldest living person in Aichi Prefecture on March 31, 2014, following the death of Nagoya resident Tsuya Miura, who died at the age of 111.
On August 21, 2015, he was officially recognised as the oldest living man by Guinness World Records. When asked about the secret to his long life, Koide responded by stating that "the best thing is to not overdo" and recommending abstinence from smoking or drinking.
He died on January 19, 2016, of heart failure and pneumonia in a hospital in Nagoya at the age of 112 years, 312 days, and was succeeded as the world's oldest man by Yisrael Kristal.