The world’s oldest person, Tomiko Itooka, has died at the age of 116.

Tomiko Etoka, a Japanese woman who was According to Guinness World Records, the oldest person in the worldAn official in Ashiya city said on Saturday that he had died. She was 116 years old.

Yoshitsugu Nagata, an official in charge of policies for the elderly, said Ituka died on December 29 at a care home in Asia in central Japan’s Hugo Prefecture.

Atuka, who loved kelpase, a Japanese drink flavored with banana and yogurt, was born on May 23, 1908. Death of 117-year-old Maria BraniasAccording to the Gerontology Research Group.

When told he topped the World Supercentenarian Ranking list, he simply replied, “Thank you.”

When Atoka celebrated her birthday last year, she received flowers, a cake and a card from the mayor.

Born in Osaka, Nagata was a volleyball player at Atoka High School, and had long had a reputation for a bright spirit, Nagata said. He summited the 3,067 m (10,062 ft) Mount Ontak twice.

He married at age 20, and had two daughters and two sons, according to Guinness.

Etoka managed her husband’s textile factory office during World War II. After the death of her husband in 1979, she lived alone in Nara.

He is survived by a son and a daughter and five grandchildren. According to Nagata, the funeral was held with family and friends.

According to the Gerontology Research Group, the world’s oldest person is now 116-year-old Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas, who was born 16 days after Itoca.