Tokyu Corporation

Tokyu Corporation

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	東京急行電鉄株式会社 Tōkyō Kyūkō Dentetsu KK (1 May 1942-1 Sep 2019)
Company type	Public (Kabushiki gaisha)
Traded as	TYO: 9005 Nikkei 225 component
Industry	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 Share 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

In 1948, after the war, Tokyu divested the forced-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

Tokyu also operates the

Related businesses

The Tokyu Group also owns two smaller railroad companies,

Formerly the owner of

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.^{[citation needed]}

Tokyu Corporation is also the largest single shareholder in the

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 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

See also

• Cerulean Tower
• Keita Gotō (industrialist)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tokyu Corporation.

• Official website (in English)