# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mitoyo-kawate
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:04:00.705Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mitoyo-kawate"
name: "Mitoyo Kawate"
slug: "mitoyo-kawate"
description: "Japanese supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from Japan who have attained or surpassed the age of 110 years. As of January 2015, the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of 263 Japanese supercentenarians, most of whom are women. As of 24 June 2026, the oldest-known living Japanese person is Shigeko Kagawa, who is aged 115 years, 27 days. The oldest verified Japanese and Asian person ever is Kane Tanaka (1903–2022), who lived to the age of 119 years and 107 days, making her the second-oldest validated person ever as well. Japan was also home to the world's oldest man ever, Jiroemon Kimura (1897–2013), who lived to the age of 116 years and 54 days."
tagline: "Japanese supercentenarian (1889–2003)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1889-05-15"
deathDate: "2003-11-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.24
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.48081466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Кавате Мітойо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mitoyo Kawate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitoyo_Kawate"
    title: "Mitoyo Kawate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitoyo_Kawate"
    title: "Mitoyo Kawate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitoyo_Kawate"
    title: "Mitoyo Kawate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitoyo_Kawate"
    title: "Mitoyo Kawate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B7%9D%E6%89%8B%E3%83%9F%E3%83%88%E3%83%A8"
    title: "川手ミトヨ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitoyo_Kawate"
    title: "Mitoyo Kawate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitoyo_Kawate"
    title: "Mitoyo Kawate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8D%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%91"
    title: "Каватэ, Митоё"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Митојо Кавате"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mitoyo Kawate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q779372"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump