Miyoko Hiroyasu
{{Short description|Japanese supercentenarian (born 1911)}}
{{dmy|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Miyoko Hiroyasu
| birth_name = Miyoko Hiroyasu
| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|01|23}}
(age {{age in years and days|1911|01|23}})
| birth_place = Nakatsu, Ōita Prefecture, Japan
| known_for = *Oldest living person in Japan (since 21 May 2025)
- Eighth oldest living person (since 21 May 2025)
| spouse =
| children = 3
}}
Miyoko Hiroyasu ({{Lang|ja|広安美代子}}; born 23 January 1911) is a Japanese supercentenarian who is the oldest living person in Japan, and also the 8th oldest living person in the world.{{Cite web |title=World Supercentenarian Rankings List |url=https://www.grg-supercentenarians.org/world-supercentenarian-rankings-list/ |publisher=Gerontology Research Group |access-date=11 June 2025}} Her age is confirmed by both Gerontology Research Group and LongeviQuest.{{Cite web |title=Miyoko Hiroyasu |url=https://longeviquest.com/supercentenarian/miyoko-hiroyasu/ |publisher=LongeviQuest |access-date=11 June 2025}}
Biography
Miyoko Hiroyasu was born on January 23, 1911 in Nakatsu, Ōita Prefecture. She studied art at a school in Tokyo, worked as an art teacher in Hiroshima Prefecture, where she met her future husband. The couple raised three children together. Before Hiroyasu moved to a nursing home, she held calligraphy and drawing lessons for primary school children four times a week at her home in the city of Nakatsu.{{Cite web |title=大分県内最高齢112歳の女性 知事と対面「まだ若いんですね、驚きました」 長生きの秘訣は“自由気まま” |url=https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/733360?display=1&mwplay=1 |publisher=TBS NEWS DIG |date=20 September 2023 |access-date=11 June 2025 |language=ja}} Once she retold Aesop’s fable “The Fox and the Grapes” in English, which she memorised at school and is still able to remember. On January 23, 2025, Hiroyasu celebrated her 114th birthday at a nursing home in Nakatsu. Although the official celebration was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic, she recovered and remained in good health.{{Cite web |title=Miyoko Hiroyasu celebrates 114th birthday while recovering from COVID-19 |url=https://longeviquest.com/2025/02/miyoko-hiroyasu-celebrates-114th-birthday-while-recovering-from-covid-19/ |publisher=LongeviQuest |date=4 February 2025 |access-date=11 June 2025}}
At that time, she still loved to read newspapers, draw and play card games with other residents. As of May 2025, she remains mentally active and in a good mood, enjoying daily conversations with people around her.{{Cite web |title= Miyoko Hiroyasu becomes Japan’s oldest living person at 114 |url=https://longeviquest.com/2025/05/miyoko-hiroyasu-becomes-japans-oldest-living-person-at-114/ |publisher=LongeviQuest |date=21 May 2025 |access-date=11 June 2025}}
Longevity records
- On 30 April 2021, after the death of 110-year-old Kiyo Sato, she became the oldest living person in Ōita Prefecture.{{Cite web |title=大分県内の100歳以上、初の1000人超え 最高齢は中津市の110歳広安さん |url=https://www.nishinippon.co.jp/item/805307/ |publisher=Nishi Nippon |date=24 September 2021 |access-date=11 June 2025 |language=ja}}
- On 21 September 2021, the mayor of Nakatsu visited her in a nursing home and gave her a bouquet of flowers in honour of the fact that she is the oldest living person in the prefecture.{{Cite web |title=110歳の長寿お祝い 中津市長、県内最高齢・広安さん訪問 ／大分 |url=https://mainichi.jp/articles/20210923/ddl/k44/040/407000c |publisher=毎日新聞 |date=23 September 2021 |access-date=11 June 2025 |language=ja}}{{Cite web |title=県内最高齢111歳祝う 中津の広安さん、市長が花束 ／大分 |url=https://mainichi.jp/articles/20220922/ddl/k44/040/381000c |publisher=毎日新聞 |date=22 September 2022 |access-date=12 June 2025 |language=ja}}
- On 28 April 2023, her age was checked by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Security of Japan (MHLW), and also confirmed by Gerontology Research Group.{{Cite web |title=Miyoko Hiroyasu |url=https://www.grg-supercentenarians.org/miyoko-hiroyasu/ |publisher=Gerontology Research Group |access-date=11 June 2025}}
- On 21 May 2025, after the death of Masu Usui, Miyoko Hiroyasu became the oldest living person in Japan.{{Cite web |title=Two 114-Year-Olds Passed Away One After Another. Miyoko Hiroyasu, Born In 1911, Became The Oldest Person In Japan |url=https://news.vocofm.com/en/asia-news/143518/ |publisher=Voco News |date=23 May 2025 |access-date=11 June 2025}}
References
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Category:20th-century Japanese women
Category:21st-century Japanese women
Category:People from Nakatsu, Ōita
Category:Japanese supercentenarians