Family Inada
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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]
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Native name | ファミリーイナダ株式会社 |
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| Company type | Private KK |
| Industry | Medical equipment |
| Founded | March 1962 |
| Founder | Nichimu Inada |
| Headquarters | , Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Nichimu Inada (President) |
| Products | |
Number of employees | 450 |
| Website | www |
| 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's 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]
