The Cause of Sleeplessness and Fatigue Was 'Breathing Quality'—Phase 2 Report Visualizing the Body's Internal Environment During Sleep
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- The Cause of Sleeplessness and Fatigue Was 'Breathing Quality'—Phase 2 Report Visualizing the Body's Internal Environment During Sleep
- Toratani Co., Ltd. has announced the Phase 2 report of its project to visualize the impact of breathing quality during sleep on the body's internal environment. The report, along with initial data, highlights the influence of breathing quality on the autonomic nervous system and microcirculation, emphasizing the fundamental importance of breathing quality for health.
- Source: PR Times
- Date: June 9, 2026
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Toratani Co., Ltd. has announced the Phase 2 report of its project to visualize the impact of breathing quality during sleep on the body's internal environment. The report, along with initial data, highlights the influence of breathing quality on the autonomic nervous system and microcirculation, emphasizing the fundamental importance of breathing quality for health.
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- June 9, 2026
Toratani Co., Ltd. has announced the Phase 2 report of its project to visualize the impact of breathing quality during sleep on the body's internal environment. The report, along with initial data, highlights the influence of breathing quality on the autonomic nervous system and microcirculation, emphasizing the fundamental importance of breathing quality for health.
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Difficulty sleeping, fatigue even after sleeping, and persistent morning discomfort—it has become clear that the 'quality of breathing' during sleep is deeply related to these 'sleep quality concerns' and their impact on the body's internal environment.
Toratani Co., Ltd. (Kahoku City, Ishikawa Prefecture) began recruiting general monitors in June 2026 to comprehensively examine breathing quality during sleep. This recruitment is the 'Phase 2' of a project to holistically visualize the 'depth,' 'speed,' 'exhalation time,' and 'thoracic movement' during sleep, based on the insights gained from previous initial verification.
This release will present a portion of the initial data and visualization images acquired in Phase 2, reporting on the impact of breathing quality on the body's internal environment (such as oxygen, autonomic nervous system, and microcirculation).
Breathing quality, particularly prolonged exhalation, stimulates the diaphragm and the parasympathetic nervous system (vagus nerve), which tends to contribute to improving the body's internal environment.
■ Breathing Quality is 'Upstream of Health'
There is a '3-3-3 Rule' for human life. Humans can survive for about 3 weeks without food and about 3 days without water, but life is threatened within 3 minutes if breathing stops.
Despite its critical importance, many modern people focus solely on 'food and drink' and are unaware of how significantly 'breathing quality' affects the body.
Breathing quality refers to the comprehensive functions such as depth and stability.
When breathing quality changes, the 'internal environment' changes first.
The internal environment refers to the functions like the 'software' that operates organs, including the autonomic nervous system, oxygen, immunity, and hormones.
Changes in this internal environment directly translate to 'health.'
Although this is an established physiological fact, it is not sufficiently explained in general medical practice, and awareness is low.
■ The Body Has a 'Self-Regulating Mechanism' Through Breathing
The human body is equipped with a function to regulate its internal environment on its own during daily life. This is a fundamental biological regulation mechanism demonstrated in multiple fields such as physiology, sleep science, and respiratory science.
This function is closely related to 'daily behaviors' such as breathing, posture, and sleep.
● Oxygen
Oxygen is necessary for cells to produce energy (ATP). Deep and stable breathing facilitates oxygen intake, creating an environment conducive to cellular function.
● Autonomic Nervous System
Slow breathing and stable sleeping postures are known to promote the functioning of the parasympathetic nervous system. This helps balance the immune system and allows the body to enter a resting mode.
● Microcirculation
Maintaining blood flow in capillaries is essential for delivering oxygen and nutrients to cells. Changes in breathing and posture are said to affect this microcirculation.
● Mitochondria
In an environment with sufficient oxygen supply, mitochondria function smoothly in energy production.
All of these are physiological insights related to the body's inherent 'self-regulating functions.' They indicate the potential for daily actions to influence the internal environment, separate from medical treatment.
■ Nitric Oxide (NO) and Vascular Function
NO (Nitric Oxide), secreted by the vascular endothelium, is known to be produced only through nasal breathing, not oral breathing, highlighting the importance of breathing quality during sleep. It is also known as a crucial substance related to vascular flexibility and blood flow.
Deep and nasal breathing are considered factors that promote NO secretion and support vascular function.
During sleep posture, gravity shifts by 90 degrees, causing everyone's jaw to drop, mouth to open, airway to narrow, and making oral breathing more likely.
■ Relationship Between Nerves and Capillaries
Peripheral nerves are distributed along capillaries, and blood flow is known to be a critical factor supporting nerve function.
As changes in breathing and posture affect blood flow, research into their relationship with nerve function is progressing.
■ Summary
Daily actions such as breathing, posture, and sleep can potentially influence the body's internal environment (oxygen, autonomic nervous system, microcirculation, etc.).
By continuously measuring breathing during sleep, our company aims to gain a deeper understanding of these changes in the internal environment and continue to provide information useful for people's health understanding.
Humans possess a 'life force regeneration system' that medicine cannot address.
■ Conclusion
We believe that correctly understanding the limits of medicine and maximizing the 'life force' inherent in humans is the core of health that the public should know.
At the center of this life force is the optimization of the internal environment, centered on breathing.
Breathing quality is fundamental to life force, and our company continuously measures breathing during sleep to grasp its reality.
[Research Overview]
* Research Period: April 2024 - May 2026
* Research Institution (Research Subject): Toratani Co., Ltd.
* Research Subjects: Adult men and women (20-65 years old)
* Valid Sample Size: 11
* Research Method:
Using the ResMo telemetry bio-signal measurement device and the aams respiratory analysis system, respiratory rate, depth, thoracic mobility, IE ratio, and respiratory waveform were measured, and a comparative study was conducted between normal bedding and the company's bedding.
Finally
Breathing is determined not by 'quantity' but by 'quality.' And breathing quality is the 'gateway' to regulating the body's internal environment.
When the internal environment is regulated, the functions of all organs—blood vessels, blood pressure, gastrointestinal system, sleep, mental state—naturally improve.
Our company will continue its efforts to visualize breathing quality and deepen people's understanding of their health.
[Closing]
While medicine excels at treating 'after damage,' it is up to us to regulate the 'internal environment before damage.'
Our company has discovered a mechanism where 'breathing naturally deepens with only a slight physical load on the body.'
When breathing is regulated, oxygen, blood flow, and microcirculation open up, quietly establishing the foundation of life, including sleep, metabolism, and immunity.
We will continue to share information on the relationship between airway structure, sleeping posture, and breathing.
[Company Information]
Toratani Co., Ltd.
Representative: Mio Toratani
Location: Kahoku City, Ishikawa Prefecture
Business Activities: Planning, manufacturing, and sales of shorts (apparel); Research on breathing, oxygen environment, and body structure during sleep; Development of bedding and related technologies.
Features: Holds multiple patents for peripheral technologies that maintain the linkage of the head, neck, and thorax, applying the three-dimensional structural technology cultivated through shorts development.
Official Website: https://www.toratani.jp
Keywords:
Toratani Co., Ltd. (Kahoku City, Ishikawa Prefecture) began recruiting general monitors in June 2026 to comprehensively examine breathing quality during sleep. This recruitment is the 'Phase 2' of a project to holistically visualize the 'depth,' 'speed,' 'exhalation time,' and 'thoracic movement' during sleep, based on the insights gained from previous initial verification.
This release will present a portion of the initial data and visualization images acquired in Phase 2, reporting on the impact of breathing quality on the body's internal environment (such as oxygen, autonomic nervous system, and microcirculation).
Breathing quality, particularly prolonged exhalation, stimulates the diaphragm and the parasympathetic nervous system (vagus nerve), which tends to contribute to improving the body's internal environment.
■ Breathing Quality is 'Upstream of Health'
There is a '3-3-3 Rule' for human life. Humans can survive for about 3 weeks without food and about 3 days without water, but life is threatened within 3 minutes if breathing stops.
Despite its critical importance, many modern people focus solely on 'food and drink' and are unaware of how significantly 'breathing quality' affects the body.
Breathing quality refers to the comprehensive functions such as depth and stability.
When breathing quality changes, the 'internal environment' changes first.
The internal environment refers to the functions like the 'software' that operates organs, including the autonomic nervous system, oxygen, immunity, and hormones.
Changes in this internal environment directly translate to 'health.'
Although this is an established physiological fact, it is not sufficiently explained in general medical practice, and awareness is low.
■ The Body Has a 'Self-Regulating Mechanism' Through Breathing
The human body is equipped with a function to regulate its internal environment on its own during daily life. This is a fundamental biological regulation mechanism demonstrated in multiple fields such as physiology, sleep science, and respiratory science.
This function is closely related to 'daily behaviors' such as breathing, posture, and sleep.
● Oxygen
Oxygen is necessary for cells to produce energy (ATP). Deep and stable breathing facilitates oxygen intake, creating an environment conducive to cellular function.
● Autonomic Nervous System
Slow breathing and stable sleeping postures are known to promote the functioning of the parasympathetic nervous system. This helps balance the immune system and allows the body to enter a resting mode.
● Microcirculation
Maintaining blood flow in capillaries is essential for delivering oxygen and nutrients to cells. Changes in breathing and posture are said to affect this microcirculation.
● Mitochondria
In an environment with sufficient oxygen supply, mitochondria function smoothly in energy production.
All of these are physiological insights related to the body's inherent 'self-regulating functions.' They indicate the potential for daily actions to influence the internal environment, separate from medical treatment.
■ Nitric Oxide (NO) and Vascular Function
NO (Nitric Oxide), secreted by the vascular endothelium, is known to be produced only through nasal breathing, not oral breathing, highlighting the importance of breathing quality during sleep. It is also known as a crucial substance related to vascular flexibility and blood flow.
Deep and nasal breathing are considered factors that promote NO secretion and support vascular function.
During sleep posture, gravity shifts by 90 degrees, causing everyone's jaw to drop, mouth to open, airway to narrow, and making oral breathing more likely.
■ Relationship Between Nerves and Capillaries
Peripheral nerves are distributed along capillaries, and blood flow is known to be a critical factor supporting nerve function.
As changes in breathing and posture affect blood flow, research into their relationship with nerve function is progressing.
■ Summary
Daily actions such as breathing, posture, and sleep can potentially influence the body's internal environment (oxygen, autonomic nervous system, microcirculation, etc.).
By continuously measuring breathing during sleep, our company aims to gain a deeper understanding of these changes in the internal environment and continue to provide information useful for people's health understanding.
Humans possess a 'life force regeneration system' that medicine cannot address.
■ Conclusion
We believe that correctly understanding the limits of medicine and maximizing the 'life force' inherent in humans is the core of health that the public should know.
At the center of this life force is the optimization of the internal environment, centered on breathing.
Breathing quality is fundamental to life force, and our company continuously measures breathing during sleep to grasp its reality.
[Research Overview]
* Research Period: April 2024 - May 2026
* Research Institution (Research Subject): Toratani Co., Ltd.
* Research Subjects: Adult men and women (20-65 years old)
* Valid Sample Size: 11
* Research Method:
Using the ResMo telemetry bio-signal measurement device and the aams respiratory analysis system, respiratory rate, depth, thoracic mobility, IE ratio, and respiratory waveform were measured, and a comparative study was conducted between normal bedding and the company's bedding.
Finally
Breathing is determined not by 'quantity' but by 'quality.' And breathing quality is the 'gateway' to regulating the body's internal environment.
When the internal environment is regulated, the functions of all organs—blood vessels, blood pressure, gastrointestinal system, sleep, mental state—naturally improve.
Our company will continue its efforts to visualize breathing quality and deepen people's understanding of their health.
[Closing]
While medicine excels at treating 'after damage,' it is up to us to regulate the 'internal environment before damage.'
Our company has discovered a mechanism where 'breathing naturally deepens with only a slight physical load on the body.'
When breathing is regulated, oxygen, blood flow, and microcirculation open up, quietly establishing the foundation of life, including sleep, metabolism, and immunity.
We will continue to share information on the relationship between airway structure, sleeping posture, and breathing.
[Company Information]
Toratani Co., Ltd.
Representative: Mio Toratani
Location: Kahoku City, Ishikawa Prefecture
Business Activities: Planning, manufacturing, and sales of shorts (apparel); Research on breathing, oxygen environment, and body structure during sleep; Development of bedding and related technologies.
Features: Holds multiple patents for peripheral technologies that maintain the linkage of the head, neck, and thorax, applying the three-dimensional structural technology cultivated through shorts development.
Official Website: https://www.toratani.jp
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FAQ
What happens if breathing quality during sleep is poor?
It can lead to various health problems such as decreased sleep quality, daytime fatigue, autonomic nervous system imbalance, and weakened immunity.
How can breathing quality be improved?
Practicing deep or abdominal breathing, sleeping with correct posture, and habitual nasal breathing are considered effective.
What outcomes can be expected from Toratani's research?
It is expected to scientifically elucidate the relationship between breathing quality and health status, leading to more effective health promotion measures and product development.