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Shikoku Railway Company

Logo: JR Group, Monaneko, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Japanese railway company

The Shikoku Railway Company, commonly known as JR Shikoku, is the smallest of the seven companies of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates 855.2 kilometres (531.4 mi) of intercity and local rail services in the four prefectures on the island of Shikoku in Japan. The company has its headquarters in Takamatsu.2 Its chief executive is Tsuguhiro Nishimaki (since 2020).1 It is part of Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Apr 1, 1987Founded1
  • Industryrailway1
  • HeadquartersHamanochō1
  • Founded inTokyo1
  • Websitewww.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en
  • Legal formSpecially designated public corporation, kabushiki gaisha1
  • LEI353800PQ2C9A7DIM1B473
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered address浜ノ町8番33号, 760-8580 香川県 高松市, Japan3
  • Registered withLegal Affairs Bureau, 4700-01-0020143

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Shikoku Railway Company Office
Photo: ラハール, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

The Shikoku Railway Company, commonly known as JR Shikoku, is the smallest of the seven companies of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates 855.2 kilometres (531.4 mi) of intercity and local rail services in the four prefectures on the island of Shikoku in Japan. The company has its headquarters in Takamatsu.2

Corporate structure

Shikoku Railway Company is part of a group headed by Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency. 10 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Shikoku Railway Company reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Kō Station
  • Takamatsu Station

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Leadership

Who has led Shikoku Railway Company, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Hiroatsu Ito1987–1998
  2. Toshiyuki Umehara1998–2004
  3. Kiyohiro Matsuda2004–2010
  4. Masafumi Izumi2010–2016
  5. Shinji Han'i2016–2020
  6. Tsuguhiro Nishimaki2020–now
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Products and brands

JR Shikoku provides intercity transportation with its limited express services, connecting major cities on the island of Shikoku with Okayama on Honshū. The company also operates local trains.

From Wikipedia’s article on Shikoku Railway Company, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

Subsidiaries

Also owns

  • Kō Station
  • Takamatsu Station

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Japanese National Railways1

Timeline

  1. 2020New chief executive Tsuguhiro Nishimaki becomes CEO1
  2. 2016New chief executive Shinji Han'i becomes CEO1
  3. 2010New chief executive Masafumi Izumi becomes CEO1
  4. 2004New chief executive Kiyohiro Matsuda becomes CEO1
  5. 1998New chief executive Toshiyuki Umehara becomes CEO1
  6. Apr 1, 1987Founded Founded in Tokyo1
  7. 1987New chief executive Hiroatsu Ito becomes CEO1

Sources

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