:Jokichi Ikarashi
{{Short description|Japanese supercentenarian (1902–2013)}}
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| birth_date = 26 January 1902
| birth_place = Niigata, Japan
| death_date = 23 July 2013
(aged {{age in years and days|1902|1|26|2013|7|23}})
| death_place = Sanjo, Niigata, Japan
| occupation = Farmer
| known_for = Oldest living man in Japan
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| children = Four
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{{Nihongo|Jokichi Ikarashi|五十嵐 丈吉|Ikarashi Jōkichi|extra= 26 January 1902 – 23 July 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hokkaido-np.co.jp/news/topic/481294.html |title=国内最高齢１１１歳の男性が死去 新潟の五十嵐さん−北海道新聞[暮らし・話題] |publisher=Hokkaido-np.co.jp |date=July 23, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729153324/http://www.hokkaido-np.co.jp/news/topic/481294.html |archivedate=July 29, 2013}} was a Japanese supercentenarian who was thought to be the world's oldest verified living man after the death of 111-year-old James McCoubrey on 5 July 2013, until he died 18 days later of pneumonia at the age of 111 years, 178 days.{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM |title=Table E as of July 26, 2013 |publisher=Grg.org |date= |accessdate=2013-07-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.grg.org%2FAdams%2FE.HTM&date=2007-12-01 |archivedate=December 1, 2007 }} However it was subsequently determined that Salustiano Sanchez (who died 52 days after Ikarashi), was born before Ikarashi and therefore he was the oldest living man. As stated by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Ikarashi was the oldest living man in Japan upon the death of 116-year-old Jiroemon Kimura on 12 June 2013.{{cite web|url=http://asianewsnet.net/Worlds-oldest-man-Kimura-dies-at-116-47863.html |title=World's oldest man Kimura dies at 116 – ANN |publisher=Asianewsnet.net |archivedate=October 29, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029211811/http://asianewsnet.net/Worlds-oldest-man-Kimura-dies-at-116-47863.html}}
Ikarashi worked as a farmer before his retirement.{{cite web|url=http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=jfn&k=2013062500691 |title=時事ドットコム：三条市の五十嵐さんが国内最高齢男性に＝新潟県三条市 |publisher=Jiji.com |date=June 26, 2013 |accessdate=2013-07-27}} He had stated his desire to become a centenarian for many years, and he joked that he "forgot to die" on his 110th birthday. Ikarashi had four children, eleven grandchildren, twenty-two great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild.{{Cite news|url=http://sankei.jp.msn.com/region/news/130613/ngt13061302110000-n1.htm|title=国内男性最高齢に五十嵐丈吉さん 111歳、食事に欠かさず酢 新潟|work=MSN Sankei News|date=June 13, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613231533/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/region/news/130613/ngt13061302110000-n1.htm|archivedate=June 13, 2013}} He never had any serious injuries or illnesses other than a fall from a tree that broke his left foot at age ninety-one. Ikarashi enjoyed singing, ate three meals a day, and avoided alcohol and tobacco (which he credited for his longevity). Ikarashi was reported to be spending most of his time in bed in June 2013. At the time of his death, Ikarashi lived in a nursing home in Sanjo, Niigata. Ikarashi was succeeded as Japan's oldest living man by 110-year-old Sakari Momoi.{{cite web|url=http://www.saitama-np.co.jp/news/2013/07/24/06.html |title=さいたまの１１０歳百井さん、国内最高齢男性に |publisher=Saitama-np.co.jp |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201945/http://www.saitama-np.co.jp/news/2013/07/24/06.html |archivedate=October 29, 2013}}