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Japanese supercentenarian

Shigechiyo Izumi (泉 重千代, Izumi Shigechiyo,&#;? – 21 February ) was a Japanese man who was titled the oldest living person after the death of Niwa Kawamoto on 16 November , also from Japan.

Izumi's claimed birth date of 29 June was accepted by Guinness World Records, which recognized him as the oldest verified man ever, but this was eventually withdrawn in ; in the edition of the Guinness World Records book, Christian Mortensen was named the "oldest verified man ever" and Izumi was not mentioned.^[1]

Biography

Guinness World Records found a document attesting that he was 24 years old in when he was exempted from military service to deal with sugar cane fields.^{[citation needed]}

Izumi drank brown sugarshōchū (a Japanese alcoholic beverage often distilled from barley or rice), and took up smoking at age ^{[2][failed verification]} Izumi's personal physician strongly advised him against