Ayako Martin is married to David Martin. She was born in Sakaiminato City, Tottori Prefecture. She represented, and later captained the Japanese national handball team all over the world, narrowly missing out on qualifying for the Olympic games by one game. She speaks fluent English and Japanese and has lived in England and Australia for more than 2 years. She is the mother of 4 children.

Ayako has experience working for a large English school in Osaka City. She built close ties with her students, and to this day keeps in touch with some of them. After moving back to Sakaiminato City she began working for the world famous investment company Nomura Shouken as a Financial Advisor. This was an exciting and challenging experience for her.

Marlowe is Ayako's oldest son, he is 4; and in Dec 2009 she gave birth to triplets! 2 boys and 1 girl, called Dylan, Joshua and Embrace. Her home life is now as challenging as her professional one, but she always makes times for Queen's English customers and goes to great lengths to ensure complete satisfaction.