History
Iogi Station opened on 16 April 1927 on the Seibu Shinjuku Line in Suginami, Tokyo. In a layout change on 21 October 1963 the original single island platform was supplemented with an additional side platform, giving three tracks and so allowing express trains to overtake locals. For decades the trackside crossing at the station — on the Loop Road 8 (Kanpachi) corridor — was one of the most congested level crossings in Tokyo. To resolve this, the original south building was demolished in 1996, a new south building with automatic gates opened on 13 May 1997, and after large-scale overnight engineering on 14 March 1998 the layout was reconfigured as two side platforms serving three tracks (one a centre passing track), the at-grade passenger crossing was abolished. A new north building followed in 1999, and lifts on the north–south pedestrian subway were added in 2016.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Anime director Yoshiyuki Tomino takes his lyricist pen name Rin Iogi from this station, because the neighbouring Kami-Igusa Station — host to the studio Sunrise — sits literally next door (tonari) to Iogi.