- CEO
- Yutaka Tsuzuki
- Full Time Employees
- 18,384
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Railroads
- Address
- 6-14-10 Ginza Tokyo Japan
- IPO Date
- Mar 30, 2020
- Business
- Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. operates Japan's largest private railway network in the Kanto region, spanning 463.3 kilometers across Tokyo and the prefectures of Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, and Chiba, serving commuters, students, business travelers, and tourists with lines including the Skytree Line, Isesaki Line, Urban Park Line, Tojo Line, Nikko Line, Kinugawa Line, and others; the company, founded in 1897 and headquartered in Sumida-ku, Tokyo (ticker: TBURF), also provides bus and taxi services, freight transportation, limited express trains such as SPACIA X (launched July 2023 with expanded operations from March 2024), and new 80000 and 90000 series rolling stock for enhanced comfort and efficiency. The Tobu Group encompasses leisure operations featuring Tokyo Skytree, hotels like Courtyard by Marriott Tokyo Ginza and Tobu Hotel Levant Tokyo, theme parks including Tobu World Square, amusement parks, and travel services; real estate activities involve leasing properties, developing condominiums and housing, and managing SKYTREE TOWN; retail distribution includes department stores in Ikebukuro, Funabashi, and Utsunomiya, supermarkets, and shopping centers; other segments cover health clubs, golf courses, engineering, and construction. Recent developments include a co-creation initiative with Hitachi launched in November 2025 to deliver HMAX technology on Japanese railways, implementation of new mutual through-train operations with Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line, launch of ticketless services and the new TOBU Card on May 29, 2025, deepening redevelopment in Oshiage and Ikebukuro Station west exit areas, expansion of inbound tourism targeting markets like India, Germany, US West Coast, and China with cross-selling via SPACIA X and SKYTREE, and revision of long-term management vision to target over ¥100 billion in operating profit by mid-2030s through tourism growth, area development, and new businesses like SAKULaLa biometric payments aiming for 20 million users.