RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Kane Tanaka

1903 - 2022

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Kane Tanaka (田中 カ子, Tanaka Kane; née Ōta (太田); 2 January 1903 – 19 April 2022) was a Japanese supercentenarian who, until her death at the age of 119 years, 107 days, was the world's oldest verified living person, following the death of Chiyo Miyako on 22 July 2018. She is the oldest verified Japanese person and the second-oldest verified person ever, after Jeanne Calment. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kane Tanaka is the 577th most popular religious figure (down from 531st in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Japan (up from 64th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Religious Figure.

Kane Tanaka is most famous for being the first Japanese wrestler to hold the prestigious IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Kane Tanaka ranks 577 out of 3,187. Before her are Pope Stephen V, Paul the Deacon, Meritaten, Nicodemus, Musa al-Kadhim, and Ibn Majah. After her are Francis of Paola, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, Hasan al-Askari, Saint Rosalia, Marcel Lefebvre, and Antipope Alexander V.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Kane Tanaka ranks 23. Before her are Galeazzo Ciano, Vladimir Horowitz, Yasujirō Ozu, Marguerite Yourcenar, Tamam Shud case, and Lars Onsager. After her are Frank P. Ramsey, Hugo Theorell, Anaïs Nin, Mustafa Barzani, Karl Hanke, and Rudolf Abel. Among people deceased in 2022, Kane Tanaka ranks 29. Before her are Madeleine Albright, Marsha Hunt, Angelo Sodano, Monica Vitti, José Eduardo dos Santos, and Fidel Ramos. After her are Antonio Inoki, Robbie Coltrane, Uwe Seeler, Angela Lansbury, James Caan, and Yusuf al-Qaradawi.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kane Tanaka ranks 61 out of 6,245. Before her are Olivia de Havilland (1916), Hideki Yukawa (1907), Takashi Kasahara (1918), Emperor Suizei (-669), Natsume Sōseki (1867), and Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837). After her are Paulo Miki (1564), Mako (1933), Koxinga (1624), Dōgen (1200), Yoshihide Suga (1948), and Antonio Inoki (1943).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Japan

Among religious figures born in Japan, Kane Tanaka ranks 1. After her are Paulo Miki (1564), Dōgen (1200), Nichiren (1222), Empress Meishō (1624), Benkei (1155), Abe no Seimei (921), Sen no Rikyū (1522), Mikao Usui (1865), Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659), Ikkyū (1394), and Eisai (1141).

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