TOICA

{{Short description|Contactless smart card used in Japan}}

{{Expand Japanese|date=March 2024}}

{{use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox electronic payment

| image = File:TOICA logo.svg

| name = TOICA

| location = Usable nationwide
Distributed in the Tōkai region (including Chūbu and the Greater Nagoya Area)

| launched = July 28, 2006

| service_1 =

| sales_location_1 = JR Central stations

| currency = Japanese yen

| stored_value = Pay as you go

| credit_expiry = None{{cite web |url=https://faq.jr-central.co.jp/71 |title=よくいただくご質問 |website=Central Japan Railway Company |access-date=April 10, 2024 |language=ja}}

| maximum_credit = ¥20,000

| automatic_recharge =

| unlimited_use =

| variant_1 =

| technology_1 = FeliCa

| operator =

| manager = JR Central

| homepage = {{URL|https://toica.jr-central.co.jp/}}

}}

TOICA ({{langx|ja|トイカ|Toika}}) is a rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for JR Central railway network which was introduced in the Chūkyō Area (Greater Nagoya) of Japan on November 25, 2006. The name is an abbreviation of "Tōkai IC Card".{{Cite web |title=JR Bulletin 057 |url=http://www.japanrail.com/pdf/news/JR_Bulletin057_Central.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513122404/http://www.japanrail.com/pdf/news/JR_Bulletin057_Central.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 13, 2008 |access-date=2007-12-05}} Like JR East's Suica or JR West's ICOCA, the card uses RFID technology developed by Sony known as FeliCa.{{Cite web|title=Japan's prepaid transportation cards – IC cards – Japan Station|url=https://www.japanstation.com/japans-prepaid-transportation-cards-ic-cards/|access-date=2021-01-13|website=www.japanstation.com}}{{Cite web |title=ソニー株式会社 {{!}} FeliCa {{!}} 個人のお客様 {{!}} アプリ・ソフトウェア {{!}} SFCard Viewer 2 |url=https://www.sony.co.jp/Products/felica/consumer/app/sfcardviewer2.html |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Sony |language=ja}}

File:TOICA - obverse.jpg

As of December 2007, a year after launch, 350,000 cards had been issued, and 50% of riders (and 70% of commuter pass holders) in the Nagoya area used the card.{{Cite web |date=2007-12-17 |title=定例社長会見（平成19年12月・名古屋） |url=http://jr-central.co.jp/co.nsf/news/nws20071217-115133 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219213640/http://jr-central.co.jp/co.nsf/news/nws20071217-115133 |archive-date=2007-12-19 |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=Central Japan Railway Company |language=ja}} By Spring 2023, 3.27 million cards had been issued.

Since 2013, it has been part of Japan's Nationwide Mutual Usage Service, allowing it to be used in major cities across the country.{{Cite web |last=Ito |first=Etsuro |date=October 2013 |title=Launch of Nationwide Interoperable Transport System IC Cards |url=https://www.ejrcf.or.jp/jrtr/jrtr62/pdf/6-15_web.pdf |access-date=March 7, 2024 |website=East Japan Railway Culture Foundation |publisher=Japan Railway & Transport Review |pages=6–15 |language=en}}