Mariko Tsunokake is a student at the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in 2012-2013, studying the Kazakh language at the Faculty of Pre-University Education of the Department of Language and General Education for Foreigners. Mariko speaks Japanese, English, Turkish and Kazakh. After graduating in 2013, she joined the Japanese Embassy in Kazakhstan and worked there for many years. Currently works at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.