the station was opened on 9 june 1935 as the terminus of the then yosan mainline which had been extended westwards from . it became a through-station just a few months later on 6 october 1935 when the line was extended to . at that time the station was operated by japanese government railways (jgr), later becoming japanese national railways (jnr). with the privatization of jnr on 1 april 1987, control of the station passed to jr shikoku.