He has a sweet tooth and enjoys cake (Picture: Reuters)

The world’s oldest man has made the record books – with the help of cake, samurai films and sumo wrestling.

Masazo Nonaka, aged 112 years and 259 days, has just been certified by the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest man alive.

Born in 1905 in Japan, his daily routine includes reading the newspaper after breakfast.

As one of a select few people on the planet who were born during the Japanese Russian war, lived through two world wars and the Cold War, he is rarely shocked by the news.


He has a sweet tooth and spends his days watching sumo wrestling and samurai dramas on TV.

Masazo Nonaka being presented with the Guinness World Records certificate (Picture: Reuters)

Mr Nonaka was presented with a certificate for his milestone during a ceremony at his home in Ashoro, on Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido.



He celebrated with the members of his family that he has not outlived. He has outlasted all seven of his siblings, as well as his wife and two of their five children.

Couple who met on their balconies during lockdown planning to get marriedThe super centenarian is wheelchair bound but still gets around on his own and takes pride in his appearance. For the party he wore knit cap and a kimono-style jacket,

Enjoying the attention being the world’s oldest man brings, Mr Nonaka happily posed for pictures with younger people who asked for selfies with him.

Masazo Nonaka enjoyed the Guinness Book of Records ceremony (Picture: Reuters)

Mr Nonaka might be the oldest man in the world but he is not even the oldest person in Japan.

Nabi Tajima, aged 117, is expected to be certified as the world’s new oldest person, outlasting Violet Moss-Brown of Jamaica, who died in September at the age of 117.

However, Mr Nonaka has a way to go before he becomes the oldest man EVER.

Jiroemon Kimura holds that record. He lived from 1897–2013 and died at the age of 116 years, 54 days.

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