NEOREST Series SMART TOILET Shipped Exceeds 3 Million Units

Dec 22, 2020

The Total Number of NEOREST Series SMART TOILET Shipped Exceeds 3 Million Units in the 27.5 Years Since Their April 1993 Launch

TOTO Ltd. (Headquarters: Kitakyushu, Fukuoka; President: Noriaki Kiyota) is pleased to announce that In October 2020, the total number of NEOREST series SMART TOILET shipped in Japan and overseas exceeded 3 million.

*“WASHLET” and “WASHLET logo” are trademark or registered trademark of TOTO LTD.

The project to “Create a toilet like none other” began in 1988, in pursuit of a next-generation toilet meeting the highest standards of customer satisfaction in functionality and design, throwing out conventional thinking and bringing together all of the technical skill within TOTO. In April 1993, TOTO successfully developed an industry-first low silhouette toilet with no rear tank and an integrated WASHLET* spray seat, leading to the launch of NEOREST EX. The product significantly reduced water consumption for the flushing of toilets, from the conventional 13 L to 8 L. The design also embodied TOTO’s focus on global demand. Through TOTO’s continued efforts to refine functionality and design over the 27 years since its launch, NEOREST series has received internationally renowned awards including the iF Design Award and Red Dot Design Award, and further reduced its water consumption from 8L to its current 3.8L. As a leading TOTO product, NEOREST series is now widely used and a favorite of users in Japan and around the world.

NEOREST NX, launched in 2017 to be a global standard model, features a curvy design accentuating the beauty of ceramics and displaying the deep ceramic sanitary ware craftsmanship that TOTO has cultivated over 100 years, making it possible to realize an appearance that gently embraces the functionality of WASHLET.

As a result of its advanced fusion of design and functionality, raised ceramic ware covers WASHLET features, and the toilet bowl and WASHLET together present a seamless, truly integrated form.

TOTO continues its efforts to develop NEOREST series while meeting customer needs in countries and regions around the world, improving access to a comfortable, clean toilet culture throughout Japan and the world.

As a result of its advanced fusion of design and functionality, raised ceramic ware covers WASHLET features, and the toilet bowl and WASHLET together present a seamless, truly integrated form.

Graph NEOREST 3 Million

Design transition

Launched in 1993, NEOREST SMART TOILET was a ground-breaking Japanese tankless toilet developed to “create a toilet like none other.” In 2017, NEOREST NX was created, combining functionality and design to produce a truly SMART TOILET encapsulating WASHLET functionality in ceramic ware.

Evaluation of NEOREST series by external parties

*Product intended for overseas markets

Year	Award/evaluation	Evaluating organization	Awarded product/technology (launch year)
1992	Energy Conservation Center Chairman’s Prize, 21st Century Energy-Efficient Equipment and Systems Prize	Energy Conservation Center, Japan	NEOREST EX (1993) Note: Before launch
1993	Good Design Award	Japan Institute of Design Promotion	NEOREST EX (1993)
1993	JSME Technical Award	The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers	NEOREST EX (1993)
2002	Good Design Award	Japan Institute of Design Promotion	NEOREST EX1 (2002)
2005	Excellence Prize, Monodzukuri Nippon Grand Award	Prime Minister’s award	Development of NEOREST
2006	Good Design Award	Japan Institute of Design Promotion	NEOREST A (2006)
2009	iF Design Award	International Forum Design	NEOREST AH (2007)
	Red Dot Design Award	Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen	NEOREST AH (2007) NEREST SERIES/LE*
	Good Design Long Life Design Award	Japan Institute of Design Promotion	NEOREST
2014	iF Design Award	International Forum Design	NEOREST GH* NEOREST XHII* NEOREST 750H*
2015	iF Design Award	International Forum Design	NEOREST AC*
2015	Red Dot Design Award	Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen	NEOREST RH (2015)
2016	iF Design Award	International Forum Design	NEOREST DH (2015)
2016	Red Dot Design Award	Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen	NEOREST DH (2015)
2018	iF Design Award	International Forum Design	NEOREST NX (2017)
	Red Dot Design Award	Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen	NEOREST NX (2017)
	Gold Selection Award	Japan Industrial Designers’ Association	NEOREST NX (2017)
2019	iF Design Award	International Forum Design	NEOREST AH/RH (2017)
2020	Red Dot Design Award	Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen	NEOREST DH (2017)
	Architectural facility technology heritage	Japanese Association of Building Mechanical and Electrical Engineers	NEOREST EX (1993)
	Invention Prize, National Commendation for Invention	Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation	NEOREST NX (2017)