Tokyu Group
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Native name | 東急グループ |
|---|---|
Romanized name | Tōkyū Gurūpu |
| Company type | Keiretsu |
| Industry | Conglomerate |
| Founded | May 16, 1910 (as Musashi Electric Railway Company; renamed Tokyo-Yokohama Electric Railway on October 25, 1924) September 2, 1922 (Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway) October 16, 1939 (current iteration of company) Renamed Tokyu on May 1, 1942 |
| Founder | Keita Gotō |
| Headquarters | , Japan |
Area served | Tokyo and Kanagawa |
| Services | passenger railways other related services |
| Parent | Tokyu Corporation |
| Website | www |
The Tokyu Group (東急グループ, Tōkyū Gurūpu) is a railway keiretsu whose parent company is the Tokyu Corporation railway company, which links Tokyo and its suburbs. Many companies in the group are designed to enhance the value of the Tokyu rail network. In addition to the railroad system, the group includes other companies in transportation, real-estate, retail, leisure, and cultural endeavors. Here is a partial list of companies in the Tokyu Group.
Transportation
- Tokyu Railways, a major private railway operator in the Greater Tokyo Area
- Izukyū Corporation, a railway in Shizuoka Prefecture
- Ueda Kotsū (Holding company of Ueda Electric Railway etc.), in Nagano Prefecture
- Tokyu Bus
- Tokyu Transsés in Shibuya
- Tokyu Shachi Bus, a charter bus service in the greater Nagoya metro area
- Jōtetsu (in Sapporo, Hokkaido)
- Sōya Bus (in Wakkanai, Hokkaido)
- Hokkaido Kitami Bus (in Kitami, Hokkaido)
- Abashiri Kōtsū (in Abashiri District, Hokkaido)
- Shari Bus (in Shari, Shari District)
Real estate
- Tokyu Land
- Tokyu Livable
- Tokyu Community
Retail
- Tokyu Department Store
- Tokyu Stores
- Tokyu Hands
- Tokyu Commercial Development
- SHIBUYA109 Entertainment Corporation
Leisure
- Tokyu Recreation
- Tokyu Agency
- Tokyu Hotels
- Tokyu Resort Corporation
- Pan Pacific Hotels, sold to UOL Group of Singapore in 2007.
- Mauna Lani Bay Resort (sold in 2017)
Construction and other
- Tokyu Corporation
- Tokyu Construction
- Tokyu Security
- Seiki Tokyu Kogyou Co.Ltd
- Toei Company (4.06%)
- Shizuoka Railway (3.0%)
- ja:大東急
- Keikyu (It is taken a 1.0% stake by Tokyu Group)
- Odakyu (It is taken a 0.4% stake by Tokyu Group)
- Keio Corporation (It is taken a 0.7% stake by Tokyu Group)
- Kokusai Kogyo (It is a bus company)
- Sotetsu (Tokyu Meguro Line will have commenced interconnecting with railway lines of Sotetsu since 2022. Tokyu takes a small stake in Sotetsu)
- Japan Airlines
- Japan Air System which was a wholly owned subsidiary was merged into Japan Airlines. So, Tokyu made a 4% investment in Japan Airlines. Now, Tokyu acquires a 0.11% stake in Japan Airlines.
- Tobu Railway (It is made a small investment by Tokyu Group)
- Seibu Holdings (It is made a small investment by Tokyu Group)
- Nangoku Kotsu
- Nangokoku Kotsu makes a 0.001% investment in Tokyu Corporation,[1] and the companies' vehicles resemble Tokyu Buses' in appearance.
- Kanto Bus
- Kanto Bus makes a 0.0001% investment in Tokyu Corporation
Culture
- Gotoh Educational Corporation (which manages Tokyo City University, and affiliated schools including Tokyo City University Junior and Senior High School)
- Asia Academy (affiliated with Asia University)
- Tokyu Bunkamura (operators of the Bunkamura theater-concert hall-cinema complex)
- Gotoh Museum, named for the founder of the railroad, the entrepreneur Keita Gotō
Telecommunications
See also
The following companies used to be affiliated companies of Tokyu Group.
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tokyu Group.
