, referred to as , is a Japanese railway

holding company A holding company is a company whose primary business is holding a controlling interest in the Security (finance), securities of other companies. A holding company usually does not produce goods or services itself. Its purpose is to own Share ...

which primarily owns the

Kintetsu Railway , referred to as and officially Kinki-Nippon Railway, is a Japanese passenger railway company, managing infrastructure and operating passenger train service. Its railway system is the largest in Japan, excluding Japan Railways Group. The railw ...

as well as

Kintetsu World Express , or KWE, is a major Japanese freight forwarding company. It is a subsidiary of the Japanese railway holding company Kintetsu Group Holdings (''近鉄グループホールディングス株式会社 Kintetsu gurūpu hōrudeingusu kabushiki gaish ...

Kintetsu Department Store is a department store chain in the Kansai region, Japan. It is headquartered in Abenosuji Itchome, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan. History *January, 1920: was opened in front of Kyoto Station. *February, 1920: was founded. *1926: opened its own rest ...

, and its other 141 corporations, which are collectively known as Kintetsu Group. Its subsidiaries operates tourism, real estate, and shipping companies, and has a major rail car-building operation

Kinki Sharyo is a Japanese manufacturer of railroad vehicles based in Osaka. It is an affiliate company of Kintetsu Corporation. In business since 1920 as Tanaka Rolling Stock Works, and renamed The Kinki Sharyo Co., Ltd in 1945, they produce rolling stock f ...

which produces trains used in Japan, the United States, Egypt and Hong Kong.

History

, a passenger rail transit company in

Kinki The or the lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshū. The region includes the prefectures of Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo and Shiga, often also Mie, sometimes Fukui, Tokushima and Tottori. The metropolit ...

and Tokai regions, was founded after Kansai Express Railways merged with Nankai Railways on June 1, 1944. Kinki Nippon Railways changed its legal name in English to Kintetsu Corporation on June 28, 2003. On April 1, 2015, the corporation, was restructured into a holding company, splitting its railway, real estate, logistics and retail, and recreation service divisions. Kintetsu Corporation also changed the legal name to Kintetsu Group Holdings Co., Ltd. on the same day.

Portfolio—subsidiaries

Passenger Transportation

Kintetsu Beppu Ropeway The is a Japanese aerial lift line in Beppu, Ōita, Beppu, Ōita Prefecture, Ōita. This is the only line operated by Beppu Ropeway, a subsidiary of the Kintetsu Group. Opened in 1962, the line climbs Mount Tsurumi near the Beppu ''onsen'' hot ...

*Keihanna Bus Holdings Co., Ltd. ** Kintetsu Bus Co., Ltd. **Narakanko Co., Ltd. **Nara Kotsu Bus Line Co., Ltd. *

Transportation and Logistics

(Air Freight)

Retail

Recreation Facilities and Services

* Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium *

Kintetsu Liners Hanazono Kintetsu Liners are a Japanese rugby union team owned by Kintetsu Corporation which was founded in 1929. They have won the All-Japan Championship three times as an amateur team. Their home is at Hanazono Rugby Stadium, which was also ...

(

rugby Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby union: 15 players per side *** American flag rugby *** Beach rugby *** Mini rugby *** Rugby sevens, 7 players per side *** Rugby tens, 10 players per side *** Snow rugby *** Tou ...

team) * Miyako Hotels & Resorts * Shima Spain Village theme park *Kinki Nippon Rent-A-Car *Kinki Nippon Tourist Travel Agency *

Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes The were a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team based in Osaka, Japan, which was in the Pacific League. In 2005 the team was merged with the Orix BlueWave to become the team now known as the Orix Buffaloes. The team played in Fujiidera Stadi ...

(

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

team, present:

Orix Buffaloes The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team formed as a result of the 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment by the merger of the Orix BlueWave of Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of Osaka, Osaka Prefecture ...

)

References

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