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Birth

10 April 1905Kina, Yomitan, Nakagami District, Okinawa, Japan

Death

18 October 2019Yomitan, Okinawa, Japan

Age

114 years, 191 days
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Kame Ganeko

Kame Ganeko (Japanese: 我如古カメ) was a Japanese supercentenarian whose age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She is currently the second-oldest validated person ever from Okinawa Prefecture, behind Kama Chinen. At the time of death, she was the seventh-oldest living person in the world. She and her sister Kikue Taira are the longest lived pair of siblings in human history.

RankLQ Category
115thOldest Person Ever
110thOldest Woman Ever
31stOldest Ever from Japan