is a Japanese singer, actress, model, and radio personality associated with

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. In 2002, she joined

Hello! Project is a Japanese musical collective consisting of all female recording artists and groups under Up-Front Promotion, a subsidiary of Up-Front Group. The name was initially used as Michiyo Heike and Morning Musume's fan club name in 1999, but has s ...

as a member of Hello! Project Kids and later debuted as one of the lead vocalists of the Japanese

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in 2005. Throughout her singing career, Suzuki also became a vocalist for the girl group

Buono! was a subgroup of the Japanese girl groups Berryz Kobo and Cute (Japanese idol group), Cute, formed in 2007 by Up-Front Promotion and associated with Hello! Project. The members consisted of Momoko Tsugunaga and Miyabi Natsuyaki from Berryz Kob ...

From June 2015 onwards, she became an exclusive model for the fashion magazine ''Ray''. After Cute and Buono! 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.

Career

2002–2005: Hello! Project Kids, 4Kids, and Aa!

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

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. Her audition tape was aired on

Morning Musume , formerly simply and colloquially referred to as , are a Japanese girl group, holding the second highest overall single sales (of a female group) on the Oricon charts as of February 2012, with the Oricon record of most top ten singles with an ...

's variety show ''

Hello! Morning was a weekly Japanese TV show featuring members of Morning Musume, and sometimes other Hello! Project members on TV Tokyo. It was also known by the shorter name of . On April 1, 2007, the show ended after seven years of broadcast. A new show f ...

''. 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. In 2003, Suzuki became a member of the subgroup

Aa! was a Japanese girl group in Hello! Project, formerly made up of leader and Morning Musume member Reina Tanaka, Miyabi Natsuyaki and Airi Suzuki, two Hello! Project Kids. History The group's name was chosen by producer and writer Tsunku to rep ...

along with

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from

and

Miyabi Natsuyaki is a Japanese singer. Her career began in 2002 when she passed the audition for Hello! Project Kids, an all-female child pop group under Hello! Project. She continued to sing in that group and became a part of four smaller groups composed of ...

. They released their first and only single, "First Kiss", on October 29, 2003. Later, in 2004, she participated in singing "

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", 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

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2005–2017: Cute and Buono!

In 2004,

Berryz Kobo was a Japanese girl group formed by Up-Front Promotion in 2004 and associated with Hello! Project. The group's members consisted of Hello! Project Kids members Saki Shimizu, Momoko Tsugunaga, Miyabi Natsuyaki, Chinami Tokunaga, Maasa Sudo, Y ...

was created with the intention of rotating all of the members of Hello! 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

on June 11, 2005. Suzuki became Cute's lead vocalist, and the group made their major label debut in 2007 with "

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." In 2007, Suzuki also became part of the subgroup

with

Momoko Tsugunaga is a former Japanese singer, actress, and radio personality. Tsugunaga joined Hello! Project as a member of Hello! Project Kids at the age of 10 and later became part of the girl groups Berryz Kobo and Buono! Following Berryz Kobo's hiatus, ...

and Miyabi Natsuyaki from

. The group formed to perform the opening and ending songs for the anime ''

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'' They released their first single, "

Honto no Jibun is the title of the first single by the Hello! Project unit Buono!. Maimi Yajima and Chisato Okai appear as background characters in the song's Promotional Video. It was first performed on August 22, 2007 at Odaiba's Palette Town and later on ...

", on October 31, 2007. After the show's end, Buono continued on as a side project until its disbandment in 2017. In 2013, Suzuki became part of the subgroup Dia Lady with

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

2018–present: Solo activities, ''Do Me a Favor''

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

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, 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

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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

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Girls Award Autumn/Winter 2018 fashion show. In December 2019, Suzuki released her second album ''I''. The album included the song "Break it Down", which was produced by

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. In April 2020, Suzuki appeared as a featured artist on

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'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.

Personal life

Suzuki is the daughter of professional golfers

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and Kyoko Maruya. Suzuki also has a younger brother. She graduated from

Keio University , mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword , type = Private research coeducational higher education institution , established = 1858 , founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa , endowmen ...

in 2017 with a degree in

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Discography

Studio albums

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Filmography

Film

Television

Theater

Radio

Solo DVDs

Publications

Photobooks

# (May 19, 2007,

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, ) # (December 5, 2007, Kadokawa Group Publishing, ) # (June 20, 2008, Wani Books, ) # (June 25, 2009, Wani Books, ) # (August 20, 2010, Wani Books, ) # (May 23, 2011, Wani Books, ) # (June 23, 2011, Wani Books, ) # (June 25, 2012, Wani Books, ) # (March 31, 2013, Wani Books, ) # (August 20, 2013, Wani Books, )

Digital photobooks

* (2010.09.16) * ''Cutest'' (Airi Version 2012.03.04) * ''Koisuru Otome'' (A Girl in Love (2012.05.11) * (2012.10.16) * (2012.10.22)

Photo-essays

* ''Suzuki Airi Perfect Book "Airi-aL"'' ( Photographic essay, December 27, 2012, Wani Books, )

Tours

* Airi Suzuki Live Tour 2018 "Parallel Date" (2018)

References

External links

Airi Suzuki Official Website

Airi Mania Blog - Airi Suzuki Official Blog
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Suzuki, Airi 1994 births Living people Japanese idols People from Gifu Prefecture Japanese women pop singers Hello! Project Kids members Cute (Japanese idol group) members Aa! members Buono! members Japanese female models Keio University alumni Musicians from Gifu Prefecture 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese actresses Actresses from Gifu Prefecture Models from Gifu Prefecture 21st-century Japanese women singers