 By 1928, the track had been extended eastward and had linked up with the which had been built westward from .On 2 December 1928, the entire track from Kumamoto to Ōita was designated as the Hōhi Main Line.With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.