Announced details
Car-sharing business, rental car business, unattended rentals, contactless 24-hour operations
Enabled unattended, contactless 24-hour rentals. The company states that the system helps control personnel costs, initial investment and the burden of system implementation. Specific figures: Not disclosed.
Smartvalue provides Kuruma Base to Tokyo Rent-a-Car, operated by ヤマヒロ株式会社. Tokyo Rent-a-Car's existing reservation system is integrated with Kuruma Base via API. Other capital and personnel relationships: Not disclosed.
Head office: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Taira Yutaro (平 雄太郎). The company operates rental car services primarily in the Tokyo metropolitan area, offering kei cars, compact cars, minivans and commercial vehicles, and operates service stations mainly in Tokyo.
Tokyo Rent-a-Car service stations primarily in Tokyo
In this announcement the company addresses none of Contract Value / Offering price / Impact on Business Performance.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Names of Products / Services Covered | Kuruma Base, Tokyo Rent-a-Car |
| Counterparty | ヤマヒロ株式会社 (Tokyo Rent-a-Car) |
| Counterparty overview | Head office: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Taira Yutaro (平 雄太郎). The company operates rental car services primarily in the Tokyo metropolitan area, offering kei cars, compact cars, minivans and commercial vehicles, and operates service stations mainly in Tokyo. |
| Relationship with the Company | Smartvalue provides Kuruma Base to Tokyo Rent-a-Car, operated by ヤマヒロ株式会社. Tokyo Rent-a-Car's existing reservation system is integrated with Kuruma Base via API. Other capital and personnel relationships: Not disclosed. |
| Launch date | 25 September 2026 (actual) |
| Applicable area | Car-sharing business, rental car business, unattended rentals, contactless 24-hour operations |
| Location | Tokyo Rent-a-Car service stations primarily in Tokyo |
| Quantitative Effects | Enabled unattended, contactless 24-hour rentals. The company states that the system helps control personnel costs, initial investment and the burden of system implementation. Specific figures: Not disclosed. |
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The reasons the company gives
The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.To establish an unattended rental system while keeping personnel costs and system development burdens under control, without extensively revamping the existing reservation system.