[2][4] Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened what it then designated as the Miyazaki Line between Yoshimatsu and Kobayashi (then named Kobayashimachi) on 1 October 1912.

In the second phase of expansion, the track was extended southeast to Tanigashira which opened as the eastern terminus on 11 May 1913.

On 15 December 1923, the stretch of track between Yoshimatsu and Miyakonojō which included Tanigashira, was designated as part of the Nippō Main Line.

With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, Tanigashira came under the control of JR Kyushu.

[7] Media related to Tanigashira Station at Wikimedia Commons This Miyazaki Prefecture railroad station-related article is a stub.