Taku Nakano is a potter who runs a ceramics studio in Omotesando, Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo. He creates unique ceramic pieces using rare materials such as precious metals, glass, and natural lacquer, with a focus on cosmic (celestial) motifs, crafting artworks in his own distinctive style. He also works as a Kintsugi master and was commissioned by the Georgian government to repair a wine jar, which was displayed as a symbolic object representing the meeting of Georgian wine culture and Japanese Kintsugi culture at the Georgian Wine Exhibition held in Tennozu Isle. Nakano's approach to merging ceramics and glass he crafts himself with Kintsugi, upcycling them to suit modern lifestyles, has been dubbed by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun as “a new wave in traditional crafts attracting global attention.” His flexible thinking, solid skills, extensive knowledge, and unique sense of combining these elements have garnered support from many ceramics enthusiasts. He has taught over two thousand students, including celebrities and dignitaries.