Tokyu Corporation

Tokyu Railways Company, Ltd.^[1]
Trade name	Tokyu, Tōkyū Dentetsu, Tōkyō Kyūkō (before 2006), TKK (from Tokyo Kyuko Kabushikigaisha)
Native name	東急電鉄株式会社
Romanized name	Tōkyū Dentetsu kabushiki gaisha
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Private railroad
Founded	April 25, 2019; 6 years ago (incorporation); October 1, 2019; 6 years ago (effective reorganization)
Founder	Keita Goto
Headquarters	Shibuya First Place; 8-16 Shinsenchō, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Area served	Tokyo and Kanagawa
Key people	Hirofumi Nomoto (CEO)
Services	Passenger railways; Other related services
Owner	Tokyu Group
Parent	Tokyu Corporation
Website	www.tokyu.co.jp/railway

Tokyu Group
Trade name	Tokyu, Tōkyū Dentetsu, Tōkyō Kyūkō (before 2006), TKK (from Tokyo Kyuko Kabushikigaisha)
Native name	東急株式会社
Romanized name	Tōkyū kabushiki-gaisha
Formerly	Tokyo Express Electric Railway (1942-2019)
Company type	Public (Kabushiki gaisha)
Traded as	TYO: 9005; Nikkei 225 component;
Industry	Conglomerate
Predecessor	Musashi Electric Railway; Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway;
Founded	May 16, 1910; 115 years ago (as Musashi Electric Railway Company; renamed Tokyo-Yokohama Electric Railway in October 25, 1924; 101 years ago); September 2, 1922; 103 years ago (Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway); October 16, 1939; 86 years ago (current iteration of company); Renamed Tokyu in May 1, 1942; 83 years ago
Founder	Keita Goto
Headquarters	5-6 Nanpeidaichō, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Area served	Tokyo and Kanagawa
Key people	President-Director Chairperson Representative Director; Kiyobumi Kamijo Toshiaki Koshimura
Services	Passenger railways; Other related services
Owner	MTBJ investment trusts (8.04%); Dai-ichi Life (5.55%); Custody Bank of Japan investment trusts (4.32%); Nippon Life (3.89%); SMTB (3.70%)
Parent	Tokyu Group
Website	www.tokyu.co.jp

The Tokyu Corporation (東急株式会社, Tōkyū kabushiki-gaisha), a contraction of and formerly Tōkyō Kyūkō Dentetsu kabushiki gaisha (東京急行電鉄株式会社; "Tokyo Express Electric Railway Stock Company") until 2 September 2019, is a Japanese keiretsu or conglomerate headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. While a multinational corporation, its main operation is the Tokyu Railways Company, Ltd.^[1] (ja:東急電鉄株式会社, Tōkyū Dentetsu kabushiki gaisha), a wholly owned subsidiary operating railways in the Greater Tokyo Area.

History

The oldest predecessor of company was the Musashi Electric Railway (武蔵電気鉄道, Musashi Denki Tetsudō), opened in 1908. The railway's operations were converted into a kabushiki gaisha (company) in 1910. Keita Gotō, now a notable Japanese industrialist, was appointed as the CEO in 1920 and he began a major expansion program.

The most important predecessor was first registered on September 2, 1922, as the Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway (目黒蒲田電鉄, Meguro-Kamata Dentetsu) and is related to the construction of Den-en-chōfu. It was originally founded by the developers of Den-en-chōfu). It was acquired by the Musashi Electric Railway in 1924, shortly before Musashi was renamed into the Tokyo-Yokohama Electric Railway (東京横浜電鉄, Tōkyō-Yokohama Dentetsu), also known as the Toyoko, in the same year.

After Musashi/Toyoko's acquisition, the Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway initially operated as a subsidiary of Toyoko. It was not until 16 October 1939 that both Toyoko and Meguro-Kamata Electric railways were formally merged and the new company took the Toyoko name.

In 1938, Toyoko established Toyoko Eiga [ja], possibly for competition with Ichizo Kobayashi's Toho Company. It became the Toei Company in 1951.

Toyoko took its current name on 1 May 1942, after the Japanese government compelled the company to acquire the Odawara Express Railway and the Keihin Electric Railway in 1943 to support Japan's efforts in Pacific War of World War II. In 1944 it also acquired the Keio Teito Electric Railway (which had merged with Odawara Express before in 1940).

In 1948, after the war, Tokyu divested the acquired companies, and the divested companies are now known as Odakyu Electric Railway, Keikyu Corporation, and Keio Corporation respectively. The 1943–48 era of Tokyu was colloquially known as Dai-Tokyu (lit. Great Tokyu).

Tokyu lines

Line	Symbol	Route	Length (km)	Stations	Year opened	Max speed (km/h)
Tōyoko Line	TY	Shibuya – Yokohama	24.2	21	1926	110
Meguro Line	MG	Meguro – Hiyoshi	11.9	13	1923	110
Den-en-toshi Line	DT	Shibuya – Chūō-rinkan	31.5	27	1907	110
Ōimachi Line	OM	Ōimachi – Mizonokuchi	10.4	16	1927	85
Ikegami Line	IK	Gotanda – Kamata	10.9	15	1922	80
Setagaya Line	SG	Sangen-Jaya – Shimo-Takaido	5.0	10	1925	40
Tōkyū Tamagawa Line	TM	Kamata – Tamagawa	5.6	7	2000	80
Tōkyū Shin-yokohama Line	SH	Shin-yokohama – Hiyoshi	5.8	3	2023
Total (8 lines)			105.3	96

Tokyu also operates the Kodomonokuni Line (Nagatsuta Station – Kodomonokuni Station, 3.4 km) under contract with and on behalf of Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Company.

Related businesses

The Tokyu Group also owns two smaller railroad companies, Ueda Kōtsū and Izukyū Corporation; several bus companies; and a major upscale department store chain, the Tokyu Department Store operating in Japan and the MBK Center in Bangkok, Thailand. It also runs a number of hotels under the names Tokyu/Pan Pacific in Japan and formerly owned the Pan Pacific Hotels abroad, which it sold to UOL Limited of Singapore.

Formerly the owner of Japan Air System (JAS), Tokyu used to be the largest shareholder of Japan Airlines Holdings (JAL) following JAS's merger with JAL. The Tokyu Group also owns and operates the upscale Tokyu Hotels and budget Tokyu Inns.

From 1958 until 2001, Tokyu also owned the Japanese (now American) Shirokiya department store company. It was the owner of Mago Island until 2005, when Mel Gibson purchased it for US$15 million.^[2]

Tokyu Corporation is also the largest single shareholder in the Shizuoka Railway Company, but its holdings in the railway are not part of the group.

Rolling stock

Tokyu 9000 series (since 1986)
Tokyu 1000 series (since 1988)
Tokyu 2000 series (since 1992)
Tokyu 300 series (Setagaya Line, since 1999)
Tokyu 3000 series (since 1999)
Tokyu 5000 series (since 2002)
Tokyu 6000 series (since 2007)
Tokyu 7000 series (since 2007)
Tokyu 2020 series (since early 2018)
Tokyu 6020 series (since early 2018)
Tokyu 3020 series (since mid-2019)

New Tokyu 2020 series ten-car EMUs and Tokyu 6020 series seven-car EMUs have entered service since early 2018.^[3]^[4]

Gallery

Tokyu 300 series
Tokyu 1000 series
Tokyu 2000 series
Tokyu 3000 series
Tokyu 5000 series
Tokyu 6000 series
Tokyu 8090 series
Tokyu 8500 series
Tokyu 9000 series
Tokyu 2020 series
Tokyu 6020 series
Tokyu 3020 series

References

^ a b "Company Profile｜Company Outline｜Tokyu Railways". 東急電鉄. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
^ "Mel Gibson buys Fijian island". Los Angeles Times. 3 March 2005. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
^ Ueshin, Daisuke (17 March 2017). 東急田園都市線2020系、新型車両は「これまでにない新しさ」2018年春導入へ [New Tokyu Denentoshi Line 2020 series trains to be introduced in spring 2018]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Japan. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
^ Ueshin, Daisuke (12 October 2017). 東急大井町線、新型車両6020系を来春導入! 急行を7両編成化、3月ダイヤ改正 [New Tokyu Omimachi Line 6020 series trains to be introduced next spring - express services to be lengthened to 7 cars by March timetable revision]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Japan. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

External links

Official website (in English)

[Outline-1] "Company Profile｜Company Outline｜Tokyu Railways". 東急電鉄. Retrieved 2020-05-22.

[mago2005-2] "Mel Gibson buys Fijian island". Los Angeles Times. 3 March 2005. Retrieved 1 June 2024.

[mynavi20170317-3] Ueshin, Daisuke (17 March 2017). 東急田園都市線2020系、新型車両は「これまでにない新しさ」2018年春導入へ [New Tokyu Denentoshi Line 2020 series trains to be introduced in spring 2018]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Japan. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.

[mynavi20171012-4] Ueshin, Daisuke (12 October 2017). 東急大井町線、新型車両6020系を来春導入! 急行を7両編成化、3月ダイヤ改正 [New Tokyu Omimachi Line 6020 series trains to be introduced next spring - express services to be lengthened to 7 cars by March timetable revision]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Japan. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

v t e Major and semi-major private rail operators of Japan
Kantō region	Keikyu Corporation Keio Corporation Keisei Electric Railway Odakyu Electric Railway Sagami Railway (Sōtetsu) Seibu Railway Tobu Railway Tokyo Metro^‡ Tokyu Corporation
Chūbu region	Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) Kintetsu Railway
Kinki region	Hankyu Corporation Hanshin Electric Railway Keihan Electric Railway Kintetsu Railway Nankai Electric Railway Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway^‡^§ Kōbe Rapid Transit Railway^§ Osaka Metro^‡* Sanyō Electric Railway^§
Kyūshū region	Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu)
^‡ indicates rapid transit operators ^§ indicates semi-major rail operators ^*Not a member of Associations of Private Japanese Railways, therefore excluded under the formal Japanese definition, although its comparable size is undisputed

v t e Tōkyū Railways lines
Tokyū lines	Den-en-toshi Ikegami Meguro Ōimachi Tamagawa Tōyoko Kodomonokuni Setagaya Shin-yokohama
Related lines	Bessho Izu Kyūkō
Major stations	Chūō-Rinkan Futako-Tamagawa Gotanda Meguro Musashi-Kosugi Ōimachi Sangen-Jaya Shibuya Yokohama

v t e Transit in Greater Tokyo
Shinkansen	Tōhoku Yamagata Akita Jōetsu Hokuriku Tōkaidō Chūō (planned)
JR East lines passing through Central Tokyo	JY Yamanote JK Keihin–Tōhoku - Negishi JB Chūō-Sōbu Local JC Chūō Rapid JO Yokosuka - Sōbu Rapid JU Utsunomiya & Takasaki - JT Tōkaidō Ueno–Tokyo JA Saikyo JS Shonan–Shinjuku JJ Jōban Rapid JL Jōban Local JE Keiyō
JR East lines in satellite cities or suburbs	JM Musashino JH Yokohama JN Nambu JI Tsurumi Sagami Hachikō/Kawagoe Ryōmō Jōetsu Agatsuma Shin'etsu Tohoku Direction Karasuyama Nikkō Chuo Direction CO Chūō JC Itsukaichi JC Ōme Koumi Shinonoi Ōito Sobu Direction JO Sōbu Sotobō Uchibō Kururi Tōgane Joban Direction Mito Narita Suigun Kashima Tokaido Direction JT Itō
Tokyo Metro	C Chiyoda F Fukutoshin G Ginza H Hibiya M Marunouchi N Namboku T Tōzai Y Yūrakuchō Z Hanzōmon
Toei Subway	A Asakusa E Ōedo I Mita S Shinjuku
Yokohama Municipal Subway	Blue Green
Keikyu	Keikyū Main Airport Daishi Kurihama Zushi
Keio	Keio Keiō New Dōbutsuen Keibajō Sagamihara Takao Inokashira
Keisei	Keisei Main Chiba Chihara Higashi-Narita Kanamachi Matsudo Oshiage Narita Sky Access
Odakyu	Odawara Enoshima Tama
Seibu	Ikebukuro Sayama Seibu Chichibu Seibu Yūrakuchō Toshima Seibu Shinjuku Haijima Kokubunji Seibuen Tamagawa Tamako
Sotetsu	Sotetsu Main Izumino JR Link Shin-Yokohama
Tobu	Skytree Kameido Daishi Isesaki Sano Koizumi Kiryū Nikkō Kinugawa Utsunomiya Urban Park Tōjō Ogose
Tokyu	DT Den-en-toshi IK Ikegami MG Meguro OM Ōimachi TM Tamagawa TY Tōyoko KD Kodomonokuni SH Shin-Yokohama
Other heavy rail lines	Hokusō Kantō Jōsō Ryūgasaki Nagareyama Rinkai Saitama Rapid Shibayama Tōyō Rapid Tsukuba Express Minatomirai 21
Medium-capacity rails	Kanazawa Seaside New Shuttle NT Nippori-Toneri Yurikamome
Monorails	Chiba Monorail Disney Resort Shōnan Monorail Tama Monorail Tokyo Monorail
Trams and light rails	Enoden SG Setagaya Arakawa Utsunomiya Light Rail
People movers	Seibu Yamaguchi Yūkarigaoka
Hinterland	Chichibu Jōmō Jōshin Watarase Keikoku Yagan Mooka Minato Ōarai Kashima Chōshi Isumi Kominato
Funiculars and aerial lifts	Ōyama Cable Car Hodosan Ropeway (Takao Tozan Railway Mitake Tozan Cable Car ) (Nokogiriyama Ropeway Mount Tsukuba Cable Car Mount Tsukuba Ropeway) Akechidaira Ropeway Ikaho Ropeway Yokohama Air Cabin
Bus	Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal Tokyo City Air Terminal Willer Express List of bus operating companies in Japan
Public ferries	Tokyo-Wan Ferry Tokyo Cruise Ship Tokyo Mizube Line Keihin Ferry Boat The Port Service (Yokohama)
Major terminals	Rail Akihabara Chiba Hachiōji Ikebukuro Kita-Senju Mito Odawara Ōmiya Ōtemachi Shibuya Shinagawa Shinjuku Tachikawa Tokyo Ueno Yokohama Shin-Yokohama Airports Haneda Narita Chōfu Ibaraki Ports Yokohama Tokyo Heliports Tokyo Heliport Camp Zama
Miscellaneous	Transit cards Pasmo Suica ~~Passnet~~ Transport in Greater Tokyo Rail transport in Japan List of named passenger trains of Japan List of through trains in Japan Toei Subway rolling stock Tokyo Metro rolling stock List of East Japan Railway Company stations List of Tokyo Metro stations List of Toei Subway stations Station numbering
Japan transit: Tokyo Keihanshin Chūkyō Fukuoka–Kitakyushu Hokkaido Aomori Sendai Akita Niigata Toyama Nagano Hakone–Fuji–Izu Okayama Hiroshima Shikoku Metro systems Shinkansen monorails (list) trams (list) aerial lifts (list)

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	United States Japan 2