Fukutoshin Line

Overview

The Fukutoshin Line (F) links Wakoshi and Shibuya over about 20.2 km and 16 stations. Opened in 2008, it's the youngest member of the Tokyo Metro family, its dark-brown trains connecting the twin "sub-centers" of Shibuya and Ikebukuro.

Along the route

The line passes Higashi-shinjuku, Shinjuku-sanchome, and Meiji-jingumae, through-running with the Tokyu Toyoko Line at Shibuya all the way to the Minatomirai Line toward Yokohama — the line that literally put the "fukutoshin" (sub-center) concept on the map.

Why play it

As the newest subway line, its stations feel modern and its names carry a contemporary ring — great for players who enjoy a "new line" feel.

Line data

Everything below is derived from the station data the game runs on, so it always matches what you actually type on the 副都心線 — all 16 stops of it.

Operator
Tokyo Metro
Line symbol
F
Stations
16
Shape
Terminal to terminal
Termini
和光市 — 渋谷

How much typing is this?

Typing every station name on this line takes 186 keystrokes, an average of 11.6 per station. The longest name is 地下鉄成増 (chikatetsu-narimasu) at 18 keystrokes; the shortest is 千川 (senkawa) at 7. Those counts come from running each name's kana through the game's own romaji engine, so they are what your fingers actually do — not the length of the printed spelling.

Along the way: 0 names contain a small っ, which doubles the next consonant; 3 contain a small ゃ, ゅ or ょ, where the engine accepts both the Hepburn and Kunrei spellings (sha or sya, shu or syu); and 0 end in ん, whose trailing n folds into whatever comes next rather than standing alone.

Where you can change trains

13 of the 16 stations on this line connect to another line in the game. Follow any symbol to that line's guide.

Marked with a star: 池袋・渋谷 — the major interchanges, which the maps always label and the game marks with a heavier arrival stamp.

Every station on the line

All 16 stations in order, with the official station number, the name in kanji, the kana the typing is derived from, and its Hepburn romaji.

#No.StationKanaRomaji
1F01和光市わこうしwakoshi
2F02地下鉄成増ちかてつなりますchikatetsu-narimasu
3F03地下鉄赤塚ちかてつあかつかchikatetsu-akatsuka
4F04平和台へいわだいheiwadai
5F05氷川台ひかわだいhikawadai
6F06小竹向原こたけむかいはらkotake-mukaihara
7F07千川せんかわsenkawa
8F08要町かなめちょうkanamecho
9F09池袋いけぶくろikebukuro
10F10雑司が谷ぞうしがやzoshigaya
11F11西早稲田にしわせだnishi-waseda
12F12東新宿ひがししんじゅくhigashi-shinjuku
13F13新宿三丁目しんじゅくさんちょうめshinjuku-sanchome
14F14北参道きたさんどうkitasando
15F15明治神宮前めいじじんぐうまえmeiji-jingumae
16F16渋谷しぶやshibuya