native_name_lang death_date death_place children birth_place relatives native_name birth_date spouse image article_title name death_cause
ja 1 april 2015 higashisumiyoshi-ku , osaka , japan 3 tenma -lrb- present-day kita-ku -rrb- , osaka , japan 4 grandchildren 6 great-grandchildren 大川 ミサヲ 5 march 1898 yukio death -rrb- okawa -lrb- m. 1919 -- 1931 ; his misao okawa.jpg misao okawa
 misao okawa heart failure
misao okawa

okawa is the verified oldest japanese person ever , the oldest person ever born in asia , and the fifth oldest verified person ever recorded .
okawa was the 30th person verified to have reached age 115 , the tenth verified person to reach the age of 116 and the fifth verified person to reach the age of 117 .
