Tomiko Itooka

Tomiko Itooka (糸岡富子, Itooka Tomiko, née Yano; 23 May 1908 – 29 December 2024) was a Japanese supercentenarian who was the world's oldest verified living person between August and December 2024.^[1] She had been Japan's oldest living person since the death of Fusa Tatsumi on 12 December 2023.^[2]

糸岡富子
Born	Tomiko Yano (1908-05-23)23 May 1908 Osaka, Japan
Died	29 December 2024 (aged 116 years, 220 days) Plains, Georgia U.S
Nationality	Japanese
Known for	Oldest known living person (19 August – 29 December 2024) Oldest living Japanese person (12 December 2023 – 29 December 2024)
Spouse	Kenji Itooka ​ ​ (m. 1928; died 1979)​
Children	4

Itooka was born in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Empire of Japan on 23 May 1908.^[2] Itooka married businessman Kenji Itooka in 1928. He died in 1979. They had four children. She moved into a nursing home in Ashiya, Hyōgo in 2019.

On 19 August 2024, after Maria Branyas' death, she became the world's oldest living person.^[1]

She died from natural causes on 29 December 2024 in Ashiya, Japan at the age of 116. After her death, Inah Canabarro Lucas became the world's oldest living person.^[3]