History
Ochii Station was opened on June 1, 1930 as a passenger stop on the Fuji-Minobu Line. It was upgraded to a full station on October 1, 1938. The line came under control of the Japanese Government Railways on May 1, 1941. The JGR became the JNR (Japan National Railway) after World War II. Along with the division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the Central Japan Railway Company.
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