SANOKIKO EUROPE | CERBERUS® Professional Restraint Tools
Designed for control.
Built for accountability.
Development began in 2011, when the Tochigi Prefectural Police asked Sanokiko to create a tool that could safely restrain a suspicious or dangerous individual without injury. The result has since earned commendations from the National Police Agency and recognition across Japan. SANOKIKO EUROPE now brings the CERBERUS series to agencies and institutions across Europe - where the standard is control designed to minimise injury.
CERBERUS® Series
Professional Restraint Tools
Conventional U-shaped restraint poles share a well-known weakness: a subject can grab the shaft and force it back toward the user. CERBERUS overcomes this with a structure that lets anyone hold a subject's freedom of movement at a safe distance, without that risk. Four tools, one principle: restrain the subject, protect the user, and minimise the risk of harm - keeping everyone safe until further help arrives. Each CERBERUS product is built for a specific operational context, from frontline response to secure transport, and is available to qualified law enforcement, correctional, military, and institutional buyers only.
CERBERUS
SC17
Quickly restrains a subject by pressing the tool against the upper body or legs. After restraint, the SC17 and the sasumata body section can be separated instantly, allowing the officer to move away from the subject. Designed for frontline law enforcement and correctional environments.
Body / Leg Restraint
CERBERUS
SO7
A compact, handy-sized tool that enables restraint even in emergency situations. The SO7 wraps around the subject's limbs to restrict movement and can also be used for the safe protection and transportation of patients in psychiatric hospital settings.
Arm / Leg Restraint
CERBERUS
SF7
Momentarily wraps around a subject's limbs to restrict freedom of movement when pressed against them. Can be deployed from a safe distance, making it suitable for high-risk encounters. Effective in custody transfer and medical response contexts where close contact presents risk.
Arm / Leg Restraint
CERBERUS
SB224
A new lightweight, high-performance sasumata with a user-friendly design. The special shape of the head enables versatile deployment across a range of operational scenarios. Designed for correctional facilities and institutional settings requiring secure, manageable restraint.
Multi-purpose Restraint
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Product specifications, pricing, and technical documentation are available upon request to verified procurement contacts. All sales are subject to import licensing requirements in the destination country.
Heritage
The Next Generation of
Less-Lethal Restraint.
The idea behind CERBERUS is roughly four centuries old. During the Edo period (1603-1868), Japanese law required that suspects be captured alive wherever possible, for interrogation and trial. To meet that requirement, town magistrate's officers carried the torimono sandogu - the three tools of arrest. One of them was the sasumata: a long pole ending in a U-shaped fork, used to pin a suspect's limbs or torso against a wall or the ground from a safe distance.
It was a non-lethal tool by the standards of its time - but not a gentle one. The fork's prongs were often barbed, designed to stop a suspect from grabbing the shaft and turning it back on the officer. Capture without killing, yes; capture without pain, no.
The sasumata never disappeared. It remains common today as security equipment in Japanese schools, banks, and police facilities - valued as a visible deterrent and a way to create distance from an aggressor. But its basic form had changed little in centuries.
That changed in 2011, when the Tochigi Prefectural Police asked Sanokiko - a precision metalworking manufacturer based in Moka, Tochigi - to solve the sasumata's oldest weakness: a subject grabbing the pole and forcing it back. Drawing on Sanokiko's manufacturing experience in aluminium press-working and resin moulding, the result was a restraint head that locks onto a limb or torso and can be released and separated from the pole in an instant - giving the user control of the situation, and the distance to keep it, without the barbs, and engineered to minimise injury.
CERBERUS keeps the four-hundred-year-old principle - capture, not harm - and removes everything about the original design that made "not harm" only half true.
1603 - 1868
The Edo Period
Town magistrate's officers carry the torimono sandogu. The sasumata pins a suspect's limbs from a distance - non-lethal, but its barbed fork was built to cause pain if resisted.
1868 - Present
A Tool That Endured
The sasumata's basic form changes little for over a century, remaining standard security equipment in Japanese schools, banks, and police facilities.
2011
The Police Request
Tochigi Prefectural Police ask Sanokiko to solve the sasumata's oldest flaw. Applying modern metalworking and resin-moulding techniques, the company develops a detachable, lock-release restraint head - the foundation of CERBERUS.
Today
CERBERUS in Europe
Recognised by Japan's National Police Agency, the CERBERUS series now reaches law enforcement, correctional, and medical institutions across Europe.
About
From a police request
to a product line.
In 1966, in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, Sanokiko Co., Ltd. began as a precision press-working manufacturer for the automotive industry. In 2011, the Tochigi Prefectural Police approached the company with a request: build equipment that lets officers restrain a violent subject without harming them. That request became the CERBERUS series.
Today, Sanokiko's restraint tools are in service with Japanese police forces nationwide, and the company has been recognised four times by the Director-General of the National Police Agency for its contributions to public safety - a distinction few private manufacturers hold.
SANOKIKO EUROPE LTD, registered in the United Kingdom, is the authorised European representative of Sanokiko Co., Ltd., covering the UK, EU member states, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, and Turkey. We work exclusively with law enforcement agencies, correctional institutions, military organisations, and qualified medical facilities. All enquiries are subject to verification of the purchasing entity and applicable import licensing requirements.
Japanese Manufacturing
All CERBERUS products are manufactured in Japan by Sanokiko Co., Ltd., with development conducted in collaboration with Japanese police authorities. Sanokiko has received four awards from the Director-General of the National Police Agency.
Regulatory Compliance
Products are classified under HS code 9304. Importers are responsible for obtaining applicable national licences. We support buyers through the documentation process.
Verified End Users Only
Sales are restricted to law enforcement, correctional, military, and qualified institutional buyers. All distribution channels are subject to Sanokiko approval.
Distribution Enquiries
We are actively establishing regional distribution partnerships across Europe. Qualified distributors with relevant sector experience and import licensing are invited to contact us.
Contact
Procurement &
Distribution Enquiries
We respond to enquiries from verified law enforcement, correctional, military, and institutional procurement contacts. Please include your organisation name and role when contacting us.
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