Family Inada
Family Inada (Inada) is a Japanese manufacturer of massage chairs. Based in Osaka, Japan, Inada was founded in 1962 by Nichimu Inada[1] and invented the first automatic shiatsu massage chair.[2] Mr. Meishoku Kim is Inada's director of development.[3]
Much of their technological development is done in their main headquarters in Osaka. The main factory is located in Nawa, a small town in the Tottori prefecture of Japan.
In 2001 Inada released the i.1 and the H.9 massage chairs.[4] The H.9 was a TIME Magazine Invention of the Year [5] and became a bestseller in Japan.[6] In 2003 the D.1 was released,[7] and in 2008 Inada released the Sogno DreamWave, designed by Toshiyuki Kita.
The Sogno DreamWave (HCP-10001A) received 2009 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Innovation Honors[8] and was a 2009 American Society of Furniture Designers (ASFD) Pinnacle Award finalist. In 2010, Inada received two additional CES Innovations Honors for the Inada CUBE [9] in the Home Appliance Category[10] and the Doctor's Choice massage chair [11] in the Health and Wellness Category.[12]
References
- ↑ Popular Science: Stress Relief: The Masseuse You Sit On
- ↑ Home Theater Magazine: Home Theater Masseuse
- ↑ New York Times: Massaging To the Oldies
- ↑ New York Times: A Digital Chair That Can Sense And Relieve the Pain
- ↑ TIME Magazine 2001 Inventions of the Year
- ↑ CNN on the Inada H.9, January 10, 2003
- ↑ TIME Magazine: Technology: Sitting Pretty
- ↑ 2009 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Innovation Honors
- ↑ Inada CUBE
- ↑ CES 2010 Innovations Honors Home Appliances
- ↑ Doctor's Choice (HCP-9101A)
- ↑ CES 2010 Innovations Honors Health and Wellness Category