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Detailed explanation-1: -Kane Tanaka was from Japan’s Fukuoka city and was born on January 2, 1903. Japan’s Kane Tanaka, recognised as the world’s oldest living person, died at the age of 119, the Guinness World Records announced Monday.

Detailed explanation-2: -Guinness World Records named Randon the oldest living person in April 2022 at 118 years old, after the death of Kane Tanako, a Japanese woman who lived to be 119.

Detailed explanation-3: -A 178-strong group of people all called Hirokazu Tanaka broke the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people with the same first and last name, after they came together in Tokyo on Saturday.

Detailed explanation-4: -The oldest living woman - and person - whose date of birth can be authenticated is María Branyas Morera (USA/Spain, b. 4 March 1907), who was aged 115 years 319 days as of 17 January 2023.

Detailed explanation-5: -Tanaka was born as Kane Ota (, Ōta Kane) on 2 January 1903 in the village of Wajiro (now part of Higashi-ku, Fukuoka), on the southern island of Kyushu, the third daughter and seventh child of her parents, Kumayoshi and Kuma Ota.