Born in 1988 in Namie, Fukushima, Takeshi Matsunaga is the President of Gatch Inc., and is the 4th potter of Matsunaga Kiln. He was born into an Oborisoma ware pottery established in 1910. From the start, he did not intend to take over the family business, and after establishing Gatch Inc. while still in college, he expanded health care related services centered on China and Southeast Asia. However, he could not ignore the reality of Oborisoma ware about to come to an end after being a victim of the Tohoku earthquake, so that made him strongly feel the need to widely convey the value of Japan's traditional craftsmanship to the world. After putting his operations overseas on the right track, he sold it off and moved his base of operations to Japan. He switched the operations of Gatch Inc. to a trading company and manufacturer that deals in "traditional industries", and he also works as the 4th potter in his family business. He was one of the Japanese ambassadors at "One Young World Summit" where Emma Watson and Grameen Bank's Muhammad Yunus also participated, and he has been selected by AERA as one of the "100 people rising above Japan".