subway line to be built in Japan, opening on 3 February 2005.The Nanakuma Line was originally conceived in the 1960s to provide access to Nakamura Gakuen University and Fukuoka University, and in 1975 it was planned to run from Tenjin-Minami Station to Jonan Station as a linear-motored subway, but the plan was subsequently amended for the line to end at Hashimoto Station.

The name for the line was selected in a naming contest. "Nanakuma Line", which finished third, was selected over the first-place