Umukecuru wari ukuze cyane ku Isi, Tomiko Itooka, ukomoka mu Buyapani, yitabye Imana ku myaka 116 aguye mu gace ka Ashiya muri Hyogo. Itooka yari umuturage wo mu Karere ka Hyogo, aho yabayeho imyaka myinshi arangwa n’ubuzima bwo kwitwararika no kugira amahoro mu buryo budasanzwe.
Uyu mukecuru yari azwi cyane ku Isi kubera imyaka ye y’ikirenga ndetse n’ubuzima bwe butangaje. Yavutse ku wa 15 Nzeri 1908, mu gihe cyarimo impinduka nyinshi mu Buyapani, harimo no kuva mu bihe bya feudalism yerekeza ku rwego rwa modernisation.
Mu buzima bwe, Tomiko yanyuze mu bihe bigoye birimo intambara ya kabiri y’Isi, kimwe no kubona iterambere rikomeye mu by’ubuhanga n’imibereho mu gihugu cye.
Itooka yari afite imyitwarire yihariye ku bijyanye n’imirire, aho byavugwaga ko yakundaga cyane kurya imineke no kunywa yoghurt-flavoured izwi nka Calpis.
Ibi biribwa yabifataga nk’ingenzi ku buzima bwe ndetse bamwe mu bamurera n’abamwitaho bavugaga ko byari kimwe mu bintu bishobora kuba byaramufashije kugira ubuzima bwiza.
Nubwo yari atangiye kugaragaza intege nke mu myaka ye ya nyuma, Tomiko yakomeje kugira umunezero mu buzima bwe, akagira umubano mwiza n’umuryango we. Yibukirwa ku rukundo yagiraga no ku buryo yihanganiraga ibibazo by’ubuzima, agatera benshi ishimo ryo kwizera ejo hazaza.
Urupfu rwa Tomiko rwateye benshi agahinda, ariko kandi rwabaye n’umwanya wo kuzirikana ku buzima bwe bw’igitangaza. Yakomotse mu muryango w’abaturage basanzwe, ariko ubuzima bwe bwabaye isomo ryerekana uko umuntu ashobora kubaho imyaka myinshi arangwa n’umutuzo no kwita ku buzima. Uyu mukecuru azahora yibukwa nk’umwe mu banyabuzima babayeho igihe kirekire ku Isi.
