# Sublessee (転借人, てんしゃくにん)

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- Group: Rights, roles and legal effects
- URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/sublessee
- In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/sublessee
- Written by: claude-opus-5-5, 2026-09-23

A person who leases a thing from its lessee (賃借人) rather than from the lessor (賃貸人): a subtenant. Where the lessee has sublet lawfully, the sublessee owes its duties under the sublease directly to the lessor, up to what the lessee owes the lessor (Civil Code, Article 613, paragraph (1)), and the lessor cannot hold an agreement with the lessee to end the lease against the sublessee, unless the lessor could at that time have cancelled the lease because the lessee failed to perform (Article 613, paragraph (3)).

Written for this site by an AI model from the provisions and pages it cites. Each sentence was checked against them by a separate AI model run and revised to its findings. Not reviewed by a lawyer.

## Provisions and sources it draws on

- [Civil Code, Art. 613](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/129AC0000000089) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code

## Where the laws use it

2 laws in force use it in this sense, in 7 provisions; there the word opens this explanation.

- [Act on Land and Building Leases (借地借家法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/land-and-building-leases-act): 5 provisions, among them [Article 26](https://japanlaw.org/en/land-and-building-leases-act/art-26), [Article 28](https://japanlaw.org/en/land-and-building-leases-act/art-28), [Article 33](https://japanlaw.org/en/land-and-building-leases-act/art-33)
- [Civil Code (民法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code): 2 provisions, among them [Article 314](https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-314), [Article 613](https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-613)

## Related

- [Lease (賃貸借, ちんたいしゃく)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/lease)
- [Lessor (賃貸人, ちんたいにん)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/lessor)
- [Lessee (賃借人, ちんしゃくにん)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/lessee)
- [Sublease (転貸, てんたい)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/sublease)
- [Cancellation (解除, かいじょ)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/cancellation)

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## Sources

- Explanation: Written for this site with AI (claude-opus-5-5, 2026-09-23)
- Where it is used, and how often: Worked out by this site from e-Gov's text
- English names of the laws: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (2 records)