| Minamikata Station | |
| Native Name: | 南方駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Symbol Location: | jp |
| Symbol: | jrk |
| Style: | JR Kyushu |
| Address: | Hongominamikata, Miyazaki-shi, Miyazaki-ken 880-0921 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 31.8594°N 131.4344°W |
| Operator: | JR Kyushu |
| Line: | Nichinan Line |
| Distance: | 4.2 km from |
| Platforms: | 1 side platform |
| Tracks: | 1 |
| Structure: | At grade |
| Status: | Unstaffed |
| Passengers: | 89 daily |
| Pass Year: | FY2016 |
| Map Type: | Japan Miyazaki Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Kouchiumi Station |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nichinan Line.[1]
Minamikata Station is served by the Nichinan Line and is located 4.2 km from the starting point of the line at .
The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track at grade set in a largely residential area. There is no station building, only a shelter on the platform for waiting passengers.[2] [3]
The private (later renamed the Miyazaki Railway) opened the station on 31 October 1913 as an intermediate station on a line it had laid between and Uchiumi (now closed). The station closed when the Miyazaki Railway ceased operations on 1 July 1962. Subsequently, Japanese National Railways (JNR) extended its then Shibushi Line north from towards Minami-Miyazaki on the same route and reopened Minamikata as an intermediate station on 8 May 1963. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[4]
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 89 passengers (boarding only) per day.[5]