Tokyu Corporation

Trade name	Tokyu, Tōkyū Dentetsu, Tōkyō Kyūkō (before 2006), TKK (fromTokyoKyukoKabushikigaisha)
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; 114 years ago (1910-05-16) (as Musashi Electric Railway Company; renamed Tokyo-Yokohama Electric Railway in October 25, 1924; 100 years ago (1924-10-25)) September 2, 1922; 102 years ago (1922-09-02) (Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway) October 16, 1939; 85 years ago (1939-10-16) (current iteration of company) Renamed Tokyu in May 1, 1942; 82 years ago (1942-05-01)
Founder	Keita Goto
Headquarters	5-6Nanpeidaichō,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	MTBJinvestment 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

Tokyu Railways Company, Ltd.^[1]

Trade name	Tokyu, Tōkyū Dentetsu, Tōkyō Kyūkō (before 2006), TKK (fromTokyoKyukoKabushikigaisha)
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; 5 years ago (2019-04-25) (incorporation) October 1, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-10-01) (effective reorganization)
Founder	Keita Goto
Headquarters	Shibuya First Place 8-16Shinsenchō, 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

TheTokyu Corporation (東急株式会社,Tōkyū kabushiki-gaisha), a contraction of and formerlyTōkyōKyūkō 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 Japanesekeiretsu orconglomerate headquartered inShibuya,Tokyo. While amultinational corporation, its main operation is theTokyu Railways Company, Ltd.^[1] (ja:東急電鉄株式会社,Tōkyū Dentetsu kabushiki gaisha), a wholly-ownedsubsidiary operating railways in theGreater Tokyo Area.

The oldest predecessor of company was theMusashi Electric Railway (武蔵電気鉄道,Musashi Denki Tetsudō), opened in 1908. The railway's operations were converted into akabushiki 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 theMeguro-Kamata Electric Railway (目黒蒲田電鉄,Meguro-Kamata Dentetsu) and is related to the construction ofDen-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 establishedToyoko Eiga[ja], possibly for competition withIchizo Kobayashi'sToho Company. It became theToei Company in 1951.

Toyoko took its current name on 1 May 1942, after the Japanese government compelled the company to acquire theOdawara Express Railway and theKeihin Electric Railway in 1943 to support Japan's efforts inPacific War ofWorld War II. In 1944 it also acquired theKeio 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 asOdakyu Electric Railway,Keikyu Corporation, andKeio Corporation respectively. The 1943–48 era of Tokyu was colloquially known asDai-Tokyu (lit.Great Tokyu).

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

The Tokyu Group also owns two smaller railroad companies,Ueda Kōtsū andIzukyū Corporation; several bus companies; and a major upscale department store chain, theTokyu Department Store operating in Japan and theMBK Center inBangkok, Thailand. Other retail operations includeTokyu Hands stores (except for the two locations inNagoya, which are owned by Sanco Creative Life Co., indirectly controlled byKintetsu Group Holdings, and operated under license). It also runs a number of hotels under the names Tokyu/Pan Pacific in Japan and formerly owned thePan Pacific Hotels abroad, which it sold toUOL Limited of Singapore.

Formerly the owner ofJapan Air System (JAS), Tokyu used to be the largest shareholder ofJapan 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 ofMago Island until 2005, whenMel Gibson purchased it for US$15 million.^[2]

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

• 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)

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

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  Tokyu 5000 series
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  Tokyu 6000 series
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  Tokyu 8090 series
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  Tokyu 8500 series
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  Tokyu 9000 series
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  Tokyu 2020 series
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  Tokyu 6020 series
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  Tokyu 3020 series

• Cerulean Tower
• Keita Gotō (industrialist)

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