Yukichi Chuganji [中願寺 雄吉] (23 March 1889 – 28 September 2003) was a Japanese supercentenarian, who was the world's oldest living person from December 29, 2002 to his death, upon which time the title passed to Mitoyo Kawate. He became the oldest living man after the death of the 112 years old Antonio Todde on January 3, 2002, coincidentally the same day on which he beame Japan's oldest living person after the death of Matsuno Oikawa. He died at the age of 114 years, 189 days as the third man to reach the age of 114 and the oldest Japanese man ever. He held the record of the oldest Japanese man ever for a little more than 10 years, after which his record was broken by Jiroemon Kimura. He is currently ranked the fifth oldest man in history, and was the first Japanese man to indisputedly reach