Fuji Kyuko Explained

Fuji Kyuko
Native Name:	富士急行株式会社
Native Name Lang:	ja
Romanized Name:	Fuji Kyūkō kabushiki gaisha
Type:	Public KK
Industry:	Passenger transportation
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Founders:	-->
Hq Location City:	Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi
Hq Location Country:	Japan
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Owner:	FJ (11.90%) Nippon Life (9.96%) Fukoku Life (9.11%) Suruga Bank^[1] (2.90%) Hino Motors (2.86%) Tokyo Dome (2.35%) Yamanashi Chuo Bank^[2] (2.32%) Matsuya (0.36%) Odakyu (0.25%) Seiko (0.16%) Sanoyas Hishino Meisho (0.12%) RION (0.12%) Isuzu (0.09%) Mizuho Bank (0.09%) Joban Kosan (0.09%) Sanyo Electric Railway (0.09%) Tokyo Kisen (0.08%)

, commonly abbreviated as Fujikyu, is a passenger transportation company headquartered in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan.

The company operates the Fujikyuko Line railway and regional and long-distance bus routes. The company also operates the Tenjō-Yama Park Mt. Kachi Kachi Ropeway, and Fuji-Q Highland amusement park.

Affiliated companies

• The Gakunan Railway is a consolidated subsidiary of Fuji Kyuko because Fuji Kyuko makes a 25.59% investment in the company.
• The Yamanashi Chuo Bank is made a 1.16% investment by Fuji Kyuko.

History

• The company signed a "sister railway" agreement with the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn in Switzerland in 1991.^[3]
• On 1 April 2022, this company established Fuji Sanroku Denki Tetsudo and transferred the Fujikyuko Line to the new corporation.^[4]

Notes and References

1. All shares are entrustment fund, so Suruga Bank doesn't have right to vote against Fuji Kyuko.
2. This company is also made a 1.16% investment by Fuji Kyuko. And, Keio Corporation, Sanrio and Odakyu are made an investment by Yamanashi Chuo Bank.
3. Web site: http://www.fujikyu.co.jp/data/news_pdf/pdf_file2_403.pdf . ja: 姉妹鉄道提携２５周年記念 富士急行線マッターホルン号運行開始. "Matterhorn" train to run on Fuji Kyuko Line to mark 25th anniversary of sister railway agreement. 13 September 2016. News release. Fuji Kyuko. Japan. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20160914065102/http://www.fujikyu.co.jp/data/news_pdf/pdf_file2_403.pdf. 14 September 2016. live . 14 September 2016.
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20211009122125/https://www.fujikyu.co.jp/soumu/investors/pdf/bunkatsu_20210908.pdf Decision of splitting Fujikyuko railway department into Fuji Sanroku Denki Tetsudo