Shigechiyo izumi biography of william

Japanese supercentenarian

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

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was accepted by Guinness World Records, which recognized him as the oldest verified guy ever, but this was eventually withdrawn intensity ; in the edition of the Player World Records book, Christian Mortensen was name the "oldest verified man ever" and Izumi was not mentioned.^[1]

Biography

Guinness World Records found excellent document attesting that he was 24 length of existence old in when he was exempted diverge military service to deal with sugar give a hiding fields.^{[citation needed]}

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