the station was opened on 1 december 1932 as the terminus of the yosan line which had been extended westwards from . it became a through-station on 9 june 1935 when the line (renamed the yosan mainline on 1 august 1932) was further 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.