She is 108 but the slender, white-haired Japanese woman has no plans to retire anytime soon. Shitsui Hakoishi says the formal recognition by the Guinness World Records this week brought her much joy — other than her satisfied customers,

While Guinness recognises both male and female barbers, the previous oldest male barber, Anthony Mancinelli of the United States, died after his certification in 2018 at age 107. This leaves Ms Hakoishi as the sole record holder.

A 108-year-old woman in this eastern Japan town has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest barber.

Shitsui Hakoishi has been recognised as the oldest female barber in the world.According to Independent, a white-haired, slender Japanese woman received her official certificate of the world's oldest female barber by Guinness

TOKYO — Meet the world’s oldest female barber: She is 108 but the slender, white-haired Japanese woman has no plans to retire anytime soon. Shitsui Hakoishi says the formal recognition by the Guinness World Records this week brought her much joy — other than her satisfied customers, that is.

Born on November 10, 1916, to a family of farmers in Nakagawa, Shitsui Hakoishi decided to become a barber at age 14

“I could come this far only because of my customers,” Hakoishi told a televised news conference Wednesday at a gymnasium in her hometown of Nakagawa in the Tochigi prefecture, northeast of Tokyo.

“I could come this far only because of my customers,” Hakoishi told a televised news conference Wednesday at a gymnasium in her hometown of Nakagawa in the Tochigi prefecture, northeast of Tokyo.