Airi Suzuki

Singer

Birthday April 12, 1994

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Gifu, Japan

Age 29 years old

Nationality Japan

Height 5′ 3″

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Airi Suzuki (鈴木 愛理) is a Japanese singer, actress, model, and radio personality associated with Up-Front Works.

2002

In 2002, she joined Hello! Project as a member of Hello!

Having taken singing lessons since kindergarten, in 2002, Suzuki auditioned for Hello! Project Kids with the song "Kimochi wa Tsutawaru" by BoA.

Her audition tape was aired on Morning Musume's variety show Hello! Morning.

She was placed in the group with 14 other girls.

She made her first appearance as an angel in the 2002 film Mini Moni ja Movie: Okashi na Daibōken!; she also was one of the featured artists in the movie's ending song as a member of 4Kids.

2003

In 2003, Suzuki became a member of the subgroup Aa! along with Reina Tanaka from Morning Musume and Miyabi Natsuyaki.

They released their first and only single, "First Kiss", on October 29, 2003.

2004

Later, in 2004, she participated in singing "All for One & One for All!", a collaboration single released by all Hello!

Project artists under the name "H.P. All Stars."

She also sang the coupling track, "Suki ni Naccha Ikenai Hito", with Tanaka and Megumi Murakami.

In 2004, Berryz Kobo was created with the intention of rotating all of the members of Hello!

2005

Project Kids and later debuted as the lead vocalist of the Japanese idol girl group Cute in 2005.

Project Kids to make time for school., but the idea was later scrapped, and the remaining girls who were not chosen were rebranded under the name Cute on June 11, 2005.

2007

Suzuki became Cute's lead vocalist, and the group made their major label debut in 2007 with "Sakura Chirari."

In 2007, Suzuki also became part of the subgroup Buono! with Momoko Tsugunaga and Miyabi Natsuyaki from Berryz Kobo.

The group formed to perform the opening and ending songs for the anime Shugo Chara! They released their first single, "Honto no Jibun", on October 31, 2007.

2013

In 2013, Suzuki became part of the subgroup Dia Lady with Risako Sugaya for the Satoumi Movement.

Dia Lady released the song "Lady Mermaid" on August 7, 2013, in a compilation album with other artists in the Satoumi Movement.

2015

Throughout her singing career, Suzuki also became a vocalist for the girl group Buono! From June 2015 onwards, she became an exclusive model for the fashion magazine Ray.

After Cute and Buono!

On April 21, 2015, Suzuki became an exclusive model for the fashion magazine Ray starting from the June edition.

2016

Since July 6, 2016, Suzuki has also hosted her own radio show, "Airi's Potion."

In 2016, Cute announced plans to disband in June 2017, citing interest in different career paths as their reason.

Suzuki initially planned on modeling and becoming a newscaster but decided on continuing her singing career.

2017

disbanded in 2017, Suzuki left Hello!

Project and debuted as a solo singer with the album Do Me a Favor, with "Distance" as its lead track.

After the show's end, Buono continued on as a side project until its disbandment in 2017.

2018

In April 2018, Suzuki announced her solo debut album, Do Me a Favor, which was set for release on June 6, 2018, and featured collaborations with bands Scandal, Akai Ko-en, and Spicy Chocolate.

The album's lead single, "Distance", was released on May 3, 2018, to promote the album, along with music videos for "Distance", "Start Again", and "#DMAF."

Do Me a Favor peaked at #6 on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart.

On the day of the album's release, Suzuki also released a music video for "Hikari no Hou e", her collaboration song with Akai Ko-en.

Suzuki was announced as a musical guest at the Rakuten Girls Award Autumn/Winter 2018 fashion show.

2019

In December 2019, Suzuki released her second album I.

The album included the song "Break it Down", which was produced by Official Hige Dandism.

2020

In April 2020, Suzuki appeared as a featured artist on Masayuki Suzuki's song "Daddy! Daddy! Do!", the theme song for the second season of Kaguya-sama: Love is War.

In 2022, she sang "Heart wa Oteage", the ending theme for the show's third season.

In July 2022, Suzuki starred in the web drama series Animals, of which her song, "Pink Shadow", was used as the ending theme song.

In September 2023, it was announced that Suzuki would become an MC for the popular variety show, "Azatokute nani ga warui no?"

Suzuki is the daughter of professional golfers Toru Suzuki and Kyoko Maruya.