ORGATEC Tokyo 2026: Kokuyo Unveils C15 Full-Mesh Chair and Award-Winning Booth

Asia's Largest Office Furniture Show Returns to Tokyo

ORGATEC Tokyo, Asia's premier office furniture trade fair, returned to Tokyo Big Sight from June 2–4, 2026, drawing 33,000 visitors and 151 brands from 16 countries. This year's theme, "To Be One," explored how people, technology, and design converge to create new value in the workplace.

Among the many exhibitors, Japanese furniture giant Kokuyo delivered one of the most talked-about presentations of the show—earning recognition, generating buzz, and offering a first glimpse at a chair that won't hit the market for months.

Kokuyo's Award-Winning Booth: Find Your Experience

Kokuyo's booth concept this year was simple but profound: "Find Your Experience." Rather than listing specs or touting features, the brand built an environment centered on how people actually experience sitting.

The booth used responsive lighting and spatial design that reacted to visitors' movements, creating an immersive, almost living atmosphere. The approach earned Kokuyo the Grand Prix runner-up at the ORGATEC TOKYO Awards 2026, one of the show's highest honors.

First Look: The C15 Full-Mesh Chair

The star of Kokuyo's booth was the C15, a next-generation task chair that has not yet been released. According to Kokuyo, the C15 will be the company's first full-mesh chair—a significant departure for a brand known for hybrid and molded designs.

Details remain scarce, as the chair is still in pre-launch development. But the C15 drew the longest lines at the booth, with attendees eager to experience what Kokuyo is calling a major evolution in their seating philosophy.

While we wait for the C15 to reach the market, Kokuyo used the booth to showcase how it's rethinking the "next generation of seating experience," even if the product itself isn't quite ready for showroom floors.

Ing Cloud: Red Dot Best of the Best Winner

Displayed alongside the C15 was the Kokuyo Ing Cloud, which is already available and recently won the Red Dot Design Award: Best of the Best, the competition's highest honor.

The Ing Cloud's signature feature is Kokuyo's proprietary 3D Ultra AutoFit technology, which uses gravity to distribute body pressure in real time. The mechanism allows the chair to adapt automatically to the sitter's posture—no manual adjustments required.

The result is a sensation the brand describes as "sitting on a cloud." The chair's soft, enveloping support responds fluidly whether you're leaning forward, reclining, or shifting side to side.

Three Chairs, Three Experiences

Rounding out Kokuyo's booth was the Kokuyo Duora, a dual-backrest ergonomic chair with a completely different character. By presenting three distinct seating experiences—C15, Ing Cloud, and Duora 2—Kokuyo made it clear that there is no one-size-fits-all solution to comfort. Instead, the brand is offering a spectrum of ergonomic philosophies tailored to different body types, work styles, and preferences.

Why Trade Shows Like ORGATEC Matter

Events like ORGATEC Tokyo remind us of a simple truth: you have to sit in a chair to truly understand it. No amount of specs, reviews, or marketing can replace the tactile experience of weight distribution, lumbar feedback, and material response.

Kokuyo's "Find Your Experience" concept reinforces this. The booth wasn't just about showcasing products—it was about inviting people to feel the difference, in real time, in a space designed to amplify that experience.

Final Thoughts

ORGATEC Tokyo 2026 showcased the future of office seating, and Kokuyo's booth stood out not only for its design accolades but for its philosophy: that a great chair isn't defined by features alone, but by the experience it creates for the person sitting in it.

While the C15 remains a tantalizing preview, chairs like the Ing Cloud and Duora are available now and represent some of the most innovative ergonomic seating on the market. If the C15 lives up to the hype, Kokuyo's first full-mesh chair could mark a new milestone in Japanese ergonomic design.

For those unable to make the trip to Tokyo, many of Kokuyo's award-winning chairs—including the Ing Cloud—are available to try in showrooms worldwide. And as always, we'll bring you the latest news on upcoming releases like the C15 as soon as they become available.