about SANTEPLUS
Mission Statement
your health management partner
- ・Contribution to Health, Beauty, and Anti-aging
- ・Creation of "Smile" through Fitness Exercise & Sports
- ・Contribution to Theatres & Sports through KabukiGlasses
Our Business
- ・Development,Production, Education of Fitness Equipments
- ・Development, Production of KabukiGlasses

- ・Coach of Sumo Team at Rikkyo St.Paul's University (since 2003)
- ・Member of Board of the Eastern Japan College Sumo Federation
- ・MBA 2003 (HEC Paris)
- ・Languages : English, French, Russian, Japanese


Our Products
Management Members
CEO & Inventor
Nao SAKATA, MBA
Coach of Rikkyo St.Paul's University Sumo Team, 2-dan in Sumo
- 2003MBA, HEC Paris (France)
- 1995BA in Sociology, Rikkyo St.Paul's Univirsity (Tokyo, Japan)
- 1989Exchange student at Episcopal High School (Alexandria, VA, USA)
- 2010 Founded SANTEPLUS, LLC (USA)
- 2006 Founded SANTEPLUS, Inc. (Japan)
- 2003-2006 Worked at Michelin Japan as General Manager
- 1995-2000 Worked at Panasonic in Japan and in Russia
- 1971 Born in Tokyo, Japan
Executive Adivisor
Hideo NUMAZAWA, MS
Professor at Rikkyo St.Paul's University, specialized in Sports & Wellness Head Coach of Rikkyo St.Paul's University Track & Field Team
- 1988MS in Coaching, Juntendo University
- 1986BA in Sports Science, Juntendo University
- 2004 Professor at Rikkyo St.Paul's University
- 1994 Assistant Professor at Rikkyo St.Paul's University
- 1987 4th place of 400m Hurdle at All Japan Track & Field
- 1992 Started his career at Rikkyo University
- 1963 Born in Yamagata, Japan
Corporate Profile
Company | SANTEPLUS, Inc. |
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President | Naoaki SAKATA, MBA |
Founded | May 15th, 2006 |
Global Headquarter |
4-1-10 Gokodori, YAYA Building 6th floor Chuo-ku, Kobe HYOGO 651-0087 JAPAN TEL. +81-78-855-7778 FAX. +81-3-6800-7035 Email:info@flexcushion.com |
Website |
http://www.flexcushion.com http://www.kabukiglasses.com/en |
USA |
SANTEPLUS, LLC (Los Angeles, CA, USA) for sales and distribution in the US Email:info@flexcushion.com |
Membership |
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EXPO & Tradeshow |
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Our Clients |
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Our Brief History
2006/05 | Founded SANTEPLUS, Inc. |
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2007/07 | TIPNESS, one of the largest nationwide fitness club in Japan, introduced Flexcushion for group lesson "Active Stretch" at all their 54 branches |
2007/07 | Runners, a well-known marathon magazine, reported on Flexcushion as one of 50 focused products & people in marathon world |
2007/11 | Nikkei Health, the leading magazine for health wrote 4 pages article about Flexcushion |
2008/01 |
Flexcushion appeared in ANA SKY SHOP, Japan's airline company. Japan's leading Judo team, Kokushikan & Tokai University, introduced Flexcushion |
2008/03 |
Flexcushion exhibited at IHRSA 2008 Trade Show in San Diego DVD-Video "Stretch & Exercise with Flexcushion" launched |
2008/04 | Professional Sumo Bout "Takasago" and "Tamanoi" started using Flexcushion |
2008/06 | Nao Sakata (President & Founder) teached at Rikkyo University Entrepreneurship class |
2008/10 | Professional Soccer Team in Japan (J1), Pro Ski team started using the Flexcushion |
2008/12 | Norika Fujiwara, a Japanese super famous actress introduced Flexcushion as her favorite equipment in the fashion magazine "Grazia" and "VoCE". |
2009/01 | Exhibited at NSCA SSTC Conference in Nashville, TN |
2009/03 | Teacher Training Course for "Yoga with Flexcushion" started in Japan, with Takako Yamada, Master Trainer for Yoga |
2009/03 | "Yoga with Flexcushion" demonstrated at JAFA forum Tokyo, Japan's biggest fitness convention |
2009/08 | "Pilates with Flexcushion" demonstraded at JAFA forum Yokohama by Kaori Yoshida, Japan's largest fitness convention |
2009/09 | Flexcushion sessions, "Pilates" by Katherine & Kimberly, "Yoga" by Laura Sachs, demonstrated at Inner IDEA Conference in Palm Springs, CA |
2009/09 | "Yoga with Flexcushion" demonstrated at Yoga Festa 2009 in Yokohama, the largest Yoga convention in Japan |
2009/09 | Zoey Trap (Peak Pilates Master Traine) did "Pilates with Flexcushion" workshop at the Peak Pilates Convention in Tokyo |
2009/12 | Flexcushion exhibited at Japan Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society (JPBATS) in Hiroshima |
2010/01 | Flexcushion exhibited at MLB PBATS in San Francisco, CA Tokyo Giants and its many players started to use Flexcushion |
2010/03 | SANTEPLUS, LLC established in California Japan's largest newspaper "Yomiuri" reported Flexcushion as a selection by professionals |
2010/06 | Flexcushion exhibited at NATA Conference in Philadelphia, PA |
2010/06 | The first "Sumo Core Exercise" lesson in the United States at "THE INNERSPACE"in Avon, CT |
2010/08 | Flexcushion sessions demonstrated at IDEA World Fitness Convention in Los Angeles Yoga by Stacy McCarthy, and Pilates by Katherine & Kimberly Corp |
2011/01 | Awarded "Product of the Year 2010 in Health & Fitness Industry" in Japan |
2011/08 | Flexcushion Group Exercises demonstrated by Zoey Trap (Pilates) and by Stacy McCarthy (Yoga) at IDEA World Fitness Convention 2011 in Los Angeles |
2011/08 | PerformBetter put Flexcushion in their catalogue |
2011/12 | Mike Boyle's MBSC (Boston, MA) started using Flexcushion. It is the leading functional training gym in USA |
2012/01 | Awarded "Product of the Year 2011 in Health & Fitness Industry" in Japan |
2013/3 | Developped and launched “KabukIGlasses” in Japan |
2013/12 | Exhibited at NSCA Japan Conference in Tokyo |
2014/10 | Sponsored Pilates Empowerment Summit 2014 in Denver, CO |
2014/12 | Moved our Headquarter from Tokyo to Kobe |
2015/5 | Exhibited Flexcushion at Pilates Empowerment Summit in Miami. |
2015/5 | Moved our Global Headquarter from Tokyo to Kobe |
2015/5 | Debut of“KabukIGlasses”in United States at Met Opera Shop, and B&H Photo Video. |
2016/5 | NBA superstar LeBron James appeared on TV with Flexcushion during playoff games. |