Draft:Misao Okawa

Misao Okawa was a Japanese supercentenarian who was the world's oldest living person following the death of 116-year-old Jiroemon Kimura on June 12, 2013.

Biography
Okawa was born on March 5, 1898 in a kimono shop in the Tenma district of Osaka. She married her husband Yukio in 1919, and had three children, one of whom she outlived. She moved to Kobe with her husband where he ran a business, and moved back to Osaka in 1931 after the death of her husband in June, never remarrying.

In her final years, she lived in a nursing home in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka. She was declared the oldest living woman on February 27, 2013 by Guinness World Records when she was 114 years and 359 days old. She died on April 1, 2015 of natural causes or heart failure, outliving one of her children. Two of her children, one of her sons and her daughter, were both alive in their 90s as of March 2014.

Lifestyle
Okawa was an advocate for getting good sleep, as she herself slept at least 8 hours a night. Additionally, she was fond of mackarel sushi and ramen and "other delicious things." When asked about her life, she stated: "It seemed rather short." When she was 114, she reportedly was able to push herself around in a wheelchair and had never had a major illness before. In the weeks preceding her death, she was considered to be in relatively good health other than hearing issues.