May 25 , 2023

Meet Japanese twin sisters with Guinness World Records for height difference

By True Scoop

Japanese twin sisters with an extraordinary height difference have entered Guinness World Records.

There's a staggering 75 cm (2ft 5.5 in) between sister Yoshie and Michie Kikuchi, who lives in Okayama, Japan.

The twin sisters have won the Guinness World Records title for the greatest height differential in living non-identical twins (female).

Twins are expected to be identical-looking individuals.

But for the 33-year-old sisters, their facial features and height set them apart. Yoshie stands tall at 162.5 cm (5 ft 4 in), and Michie stands at 87.5 cm ( 2ft 10.5 in).

According to Guinness World Records, the Kikuchi sisters - fraternal twins, a result of the fertilisation of two separate eggs - were born on 15 October 1989.

Michie has a condition called congenital spinal epiphyseal dysplasia, a bone disorder that prevents her from growing.

Michie lives at her parent's home and she helps with the day-to-day running of the temple run by her father.

Yoshie has moved out of the family home and is a mother.