A chair-type massage machine 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 operation portion 7 for changing an angle of the backrest portion 4 in a range of 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, and when individually registered information 61 about a registered massage per person to be treated is reset and the backrest portion 4 takes the reclining position, the selecting means 73 allows 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, to be selectable.
