Kane Tanaka was born on January 2, 1903.

She was Japanese.

She was certified the oldest person on earth.

She woke up at 6am every day, and loved immersing herself in a variety of gaming, and learning activities.

When the Guinness World Records discovered her in 2019 as the oldest person alive, they asked her which moment in her lifetime is the happiest for her. She told them “Now.”

Tanaka wanted to join the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 but she couldn’t because of the pandemic.

It is so sad that she will be missed during this year’s Respect for the Aged Day event in Japan, a country reputed to have the world’s most elderly population.

Richards in modern history: Most important people in history: Richard

1. Clement Richard Attlee; 1st Earl Attlee: British statesman and leader of the Labour party who instituted the welfare state in England (1883-1967)

2. Burbage; Richard Burbage: English actor who was the first to play the leading role in several of Shakespeare’s tragedies (1567-1619)

3. Burton; Richard Burton: Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984)

4. Burton; Richard Burton; Sir Richard Burton; Sir Richard Francis Burton: English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890)

5. Byrd; Richard E. Byrd; Richard Evelyn Byrd; Admiral Byrd: explorer and United States naval officer; led expeditions to explore Antarctica (1888-1957)

6. D’Oyly Carte; Richard D’Oyly Carte: English impresario who brought Gilbert and Sullivan together and produced many of their operettas in London (1844-1901)

7. Edward; Prince Edward; Edward Antony Richard Louis: third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964)

8. Feynman; Richard Feynman; Richard Phillips Feynman: United States physicist who contributed to the theory of the interaction of photons and electrons (1918-1988)

9. Fuller; Buckminster Fuller; R. Buckminster Fuller; Richard Buckminster Fuller: United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983)

10. Gatling; Richard Jordan Gatling: United States inventor of the first rapid firing gun (1818-1903)

11. Groves; Leslie Richard Groves: United States general who served as military director of the atomic bomb project (1896-1970)

12. Haldane; Richard Haldane; Richard Burdon Haldane; First Viscount Haldane of Cloan: Scottish statesman and brother of Elizabeth and John Haldane (1856-1928)

13. Hess; Rudolf Hess; Walther Richard Rudolf Hess: Nazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987)

14. Calvin Richard Klein: United States fashion designer noted for understated fashions (born in 1942)

15. Leakey; Richard Leakey; Richard Erskine Leakey: English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure (born in 1944)

16. Lee; Richard Henry Lee: leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American colonies (1732-1794)

17. Nixon; Richard Nixon; Richard M. Nixon; Richard Milhous Nixon; President Nixon: vice president under Eisenhower and 37th President of the United States; resigned after the Watergate scandal in 1974 (1913-1994)

18. Nuffield; William Richard Morris; First Viscount Nuffield: British industrialist who manufactured automobiles and created a philanthropic foundation (1877-1963)

19. Sir Richard Owen: English comparative anatomist and paleontologist who was an opponent of Darwinism (1804-1892)

20. Richard II: King of England from 1377 to 1399; he suppressed the Peasant’s Revolt in 1381 but his reign was marked by popular discontent and baronial opposition in British Parliament and he was forced to abdicate in 1399 (1367-1400)