Tomiko Itooka

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 was a Japanese supercentenarian who was the world's oldest verified living person between August and December 2024. She had been Japan's oldest living person since the death of Fusa Tatsumi on 12 December 2023. 

Itooka was born in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Empire of Japan on 23 May 1908. 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.

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.

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Category:1908 births
Category:2024 deaths
Category:Japanese supercentenarians
Category:People from Osaka