The present invention aims to provide a chair-type massage machine, which enables a person under treatment to select at will based on their preference the reclining position of the backrest portion when the individually registered information is reset. The chair-type massage machine (1) includes: a seat portion (3) on which a person to be treated sits； a backrest portion (4) provided at a rear side of the seat portion (3)； a backrest operating portion (7) for changing an angle of the backrest portion (4) in a range from a standing position to a reclining position which reclines back； and a massage means (21, 22, and 23), wherein the chair-type massage machine (1) includes a selecting means (73) that allows to select, and when individually registered information (61) registered by each person to be treated is reset and the backrest portion (4) takes the reclining position, either a stand-by mode (73a) for maintaining the reclining position of the backrest portion (4), or a restoring mode (73b, 73c) for automatically restoring the backrest portion (4) from the reclining position to the standing position.
