japanese national railways (jnr) opened the station on 1 october 1963 as a stop on the existing yosan line. on 3 march 1986 the station reopened after having been elevated and moved 100 m nearer to the previous station of . at the same time the uchiko branch was opened and the station became the official start of the branch. with the privatization of jnr on 1 april 1987, control of the station passed to jr shikoku.