Misao Okawa

was a Japanese supercentenarian who was the world's oldest living person from the death of Japanese man Jiroemon Kimura on 12 June 2013 until her own death on 1 April 2015.
Biography
Okawa was born on 5 March 1898, the fourth daughter of a draper in the Tenma district (present-day Kita-ku) of Osaka. From 1997, she lived at a nursing home in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka. She had four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. On 27 February 2013, a few days before her 115th birthday, she was officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest living woman in the world and was presented with a certificate at her nursing home in Osaka.
Okawa said that sushi and sleep were the reasons why she lived so long. On her 117th birthday, she said that her life seemed short. When asked about the secret of her longevity, she replied, jokingly, "I wonder about that too."
Death
Okawa died at her nursing home residence in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan, at 6:58 am, on 1 April 2015 after suffering heart failure. At the time of her death, Okawa was the fifth-oldest verified person ever recorded. Following the death of Okawa, American woman Gertrude Weaver became the world's oldest living person until her own death five days later.
Since the death of Okawa, An Anonymous woman who was born on 15 March 1900 and lived in Tokyo became Japan's oldest living person. Okawa was the last verified living Japanese person born in the 1800s.

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