Shigechiyo Izumi (29 June 1880 (claimed 29 June 1865) – 21 February 1986) was a Japanese supercentenarian claimant. Assuming his claimed birth-date is correct, he would have attained an age of 120 years, 237 days, older than any other recognized male, and be the second-longest lived human ever, second only to Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment. He was recorded as a six-year-old in Japan's first Census of 1871. Until Calment surpassed him in age in 1995, he would have been the oldest person ever. However, Japanese researchers in 1987 reported that an investigation into Izumi's age showed that he was "only 105". In April 1987, 14 months after Izumi's death, the Department of Epidemiology at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology reported that research into Izumi's family registration record