SUGOCA

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SUGOCA

SUGOCA logo
Location	Usable nationwide Distributed in Kyushu
Launched	March 1, 2009 (15 years ago)
Operator	Kyushu Railway Company
Manager	Kyushu Railway Company
Currency	Japanese yen
Stored-value	Pay as you go
Auto recharge	None
Unlimited use	None (Other non-related unlimited use passes available)
Validity	JR Kyushu Nishitetsu Fukuoka City Subway Kitakyushu Monorail Valid areas of Kitaca, PASMO, Suica, manaca, toica, ICOCA, PiTaPa, Hayakaken, nimoca
Variants	SUGOCA 乗車券 (Jōshaken) – rechargeable card SUGOCA定期券 (Teikiken) – commuter pass SUGOCAエクセルパス (Excel Pass) – non-reserved seats of limited express SUGOMON Pass
Website	www.jrkyushu.co.jp/sugoca/

SUGOCA (スゴカ, Sugoka) is a Japanese rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for public transport in and around Fukuoka Prefecture. The Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) introduced the system on March 1, 2009. The name is an acronym of "Smart Urban GOing CArd", while sugoka (凄か) in the local Kyūshū dialect means "great". Like other electronic fare collection systems in Japan, the card uses RFID technology developed by Sony Corporation, known as FeliCa. American graphic artist Rodney Alan Greenblat designed its official mascot, a frog with a clock.

On March 13, 2010, SUGOCA began interoperation with Nishitetsu's nimoca, Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau's Hayakaken, and JR East's Suica.^[1] On March 5, 2011, in a reciprocal agreement with JR Central and JR West, SUGOCA became usable in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto, Okayama-Hiroshima and Nagoya metropolitan areas.^[2] In 2013, interoperation was extended country-wide, and SUGOCA became usable in all major cities across Japan as part of the Nationwide Mutual Usage Service.^[3]