History
The station was opened on April 1, 1903 by the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). The station and the surrounding area saw rapid development after the opening of the Tōjō Railway Line (present-day Tobu Tōjō Line) in 1914 and the Musashino Railway Line (present-day Seibu Ikebukuro Line) in 1915.
Waist-height platform edge doors were installed on the Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line platforms in January 2011.
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