There is no station building but shelters are provided on both platforms for waiting passengers.

[3][2][5] The private Kitakyushu Railway had opened a track between Fukuyoshi and Hamasaki on 5 December 1923.

By 1 April 1924, the line had been extended east to Maebaru (today Chikuzen-Maebaru).

Dainyū was opened on 15 April 1925 as an additional station on the existing track between Fukuyoshi and Maebaru.

With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.