World’s oldest man Yasutaro Koide of Japan dies at 112

Yasutaro Koide, a former tailor recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest living man on earth, died at the age of 112. Yasutaro Koide, a former tailor recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest living man on earth, died at the age of 112 of chronic heart failure at a hospital in Nagoya, central Japan, in the early hours of Tuesday, his relatives said. Koide was recognized as the oldest man following the death last July of then-record holder Sakari Momoi of Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo, who was also 112 years old. Born in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast in March 1903, a young Koide trained as a menswear tailor in Osaka before returning to his hometown to earn his living making formal wear such as tuxedos and tailcoats. Source and image: Kyodo Share this:TweetEmail

January 20, 2016

Yasutaro Koide, a former tailor recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest living man on earth, died at the age of 112.

Yasutaro Koide, a former tailor recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest living man on earth, died at the age of 112 of chronic heart failure at a hospital in Nagoya, central Japan, in the early hours of Tuesday, his relatives said.

Koide was recognized as the oldest man following the death last July of then-record holder Sakari Momoi of Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo, who was also 112 years old.

Born in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast in March 1903, a young Koide trained as a menswear tailor in Osaka before returning to his hometown to earn his living making formal wear such as tuxedos and tailcoats.