Family Inada

Family Inada Co.,Ltd. (Inada) (ファミリーイナダ株式会社, Famirī Inada Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese manufacturer of massage chairs. Based in Osaka, Japan, Inada was founded in 1962 by Nichimu Inada[3] and invented the first automatic shiatsu massage chair.[4] Mr. Meishoku Kim is Inada's director of development.[5]

Family Inada Co.,Ltd.
Native name
ファミリーイナダ株式会社
Private KK
IndustryMedical equipment
FoundedMarch 1962 (1962-03)
FounderNichimu Inada
Headquarters
Yodogawa-ku, Osaka
,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Nichimu Inada
(President)
Products
  • Massage chairs
Number of employees
450
WebsiteOfficial website
Footnotes / references
[1][2]

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.[6] The H.9 was a TIME Magazine Invention of the Year [7] and became a bestseller in Japan.[8] In 2003 the D.1 was released,[9] 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[10] 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 [11] in the Home Appliance Category[12] and the Doctor's Choice massage chair [13] in the Health and Wellness Category.[14]

References
  1. "Company Profile". Family Inada. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  2. "Company Overview of Family Inada Co.,Ltd". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  3. Shomer, Jill C. (January 18, 2002). "Stress Relief: The Masseuse You Sit On". Popular Science. Bonnier Corporation. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  4. "Home Theater Magazine: Home Theater Masseuse". Archived from the original on January 22, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
  5. Koerner, Brendan I. (December 19, 2004). "Massaging To the Oldies". The New York Times. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  6. Furchgott, Roy (October 11, 2001). "A Digital Chair That Can Sense And Relieve the Pain". The New York Times. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  7. TIME Magazine 2001 Inventions of the Year
  8. CNN on the Inada H.9, January 10, 2003
  9. TIME Magazine: Technology: Sitting Pretty
  10. "2009 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Innovation Honors". Archived from the original on December 1, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
  11. Inada CUBE
  12. "CES 2010 Innovations Honors Home Appliances". Archived from the original on February 18, 2010. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
  13. Doctor's Choice (HCP-9101A)
  14. "CES 2010 Innovations Honors Health and Wellness Category". Archived from the original on February 2, 2010. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
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