is a major railway station in the city of Kagoshima, Japan. Operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu), it is the main railway terminal serving Kagoshima and is also the southernmost high-speed Shinkansen railway terminal in Japan.
The station is the southern terminus of the Kyushu Shinkansen and is located 288.9 km from and 1463.8 km from . It is also served by the Kagoshima Main Line and the Nippo Main Line and is 395.3 km from . It is also the northern terminus of the 87.8 kilometer Ibusuki-Makurazaki Line.
The conventional portion of the station consists of three ground-level island platforms and six tracks laid in a roughly north-south direction, while the Shinkansen portion of the station is elevated (three stories) with two island platforms and four tracks laid in a right-angle. The Shinkansen platform can accommodate trains of up to eight cars in length (can be extended to ten cars), and has a movable platform safety fence. The station building is located on the second floor, halfway between the conventional line platform and the Shinkansen platform, and the exits are connected by a concourse. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Kagoshima-Chà «à  initially opened on October 11, 1913 as on the Sendai Line. On December 17, 1915, the adjacent opened.
Take Station changed its name to on October 17, 1927, with the Take Ekimae tram stop being renamed on August 7, 1928.
On March 13, 2004, Nishi-Kagoshima Station was renamed , and Kyushu Shinkansen services began between Shin-Yatsushiro and Kagoshima-Chà «à Â. The Nishi-Kagoshima Ekimae tram stop was renamed the .
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 14,013 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 3rd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.