is a Japanese stage, film, television actor, film director, fashion designer, and former model.

Career

During his high school years, Suzuki was scouted at

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and made his debut as a model in the fashion magazine ''

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and supported famous stylists such as Tomoki Sukezane and Yoshiyuki Kitao. In the early 1990s, Suzuki moved to

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and became the first Japanese male model to participate in the

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's World Campaign, and on this occasion, signed with agencies in Paris, Milan, London, and New York. Suzuki has worked with

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Uomo (Italy), i-D (UK),

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, Emilio Cavallini (Milan Fashion Week),

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(Paris Fashion Week), and other major magazines and designers. Suzuki has posed for the cover of over 100 magazines to date. By the late 1990s Suzuki quit his career as a model and made his debut as an actor in ''Gerende ga Tokeruhodo Koishitai''. In 1998 he was chosen as the heroine's lover in the nationally renowned

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morning drama series ''Ten Urara'' which widely spread Suzuki's name as an actor all over Japan.

Filmography

Film

* ''Gerende ga Tokeruhodo Koishitai'' (1995) * ''12'' (1996) * ''EYES OF THE WOLF'' (1997) * ''Fukigen na Kajitsu'' (1997) * ''An Obsession'' (1997) * ''Detective RIKO'' (1998) * ''Orokamono '' (1998) * ''heat after dark'' (1999) * ''Ojuken'' (1999) * '' Crazy Lips'' (2000) * ''Tokyo Trash Baby'' (2000) * ''

Tales of the Unusual is a 2000 Japanese horror anthology film directed by Mamoru Hoshi, Masayuki Ochiai, Hisao Ogura and Masayuki Suzuki. Each story is of a different genre - "One Snowy Night" (horror), "Samurai Cellular" (comedy-drama), "Chess" (thriller) and ...

'' (2000) * ''Tokyo Zansu'' (2001) * ''DOUBLES'' (2001) * ''travailler'' (2002) * ''Hitsuji no Uta'' (2002) * ''Asama-Sanso Jiken'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2003) * ''Love!'' (2003) * ''Mana ni Dakarete'' (2003) * ''Robocon'' (2003) * ''KENENN'' (2003) * ''NO NAME'' * ''KOIBONE'' (2004) * ''Black Kiss'' (2005) * ''If You’re Happy and You Know It'' (2005) * ''Shisso'' (2005) * ''Sannenn Migomoru'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2005) * ''Back Dancers!'' (2006) * ''The Angel’s Egg'' (2006) * ''Yoyogi Blues'' (2006) * ''KABAN'' (2007) * ''

The Taste of Fish is a Japanese manga series by Masaharu Nabeshima with art by Mitsuo Hashimoto. It has been adapted into a 2008 Japanese film directed by Shingo Matsubara. The film was intended to be part of a series. Film Cast *Takao Osawa (Shuntaro Akag ...

'' (2008) * ''

Detroit Metal City is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kiminori Wakasugi. It was serialized in Hakusensha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Young Animal'' from September 2005 to April 2010, with its chapters collected in ten ''tankōbon'' volume ...

'' (2008) * ''Tenshi no ita Okujo'' (2008) * ''Shisei'' (2009) * ''Tale of Ururu’s Forest'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2010) * ''Kotoba no nai Fuyu'' (2010) * '' Liar Game: The Final Stage'' (2010) * ''NECK'' (2010) * ''Renai Gikyoku'' (2010) * '' Liar Game: Reborn'' (2012) * ''Good Luck'' (2012) * ''

Toshokan Sensō is a Japanese light novel series by Hiro Arikawa, with illustrations by Sukumo Adabana. There are four novels in the series, though only the first novel is called ''Toshokan Sensō''; the subsequent novels are named ''Toshokan Nairan'', ...

'' (2013)

Television

* ''Help'' (1995) * ''Tokyo Angel'' (1996) * ''Tokyo 23ku no Onna'' (1996) * ''Natural'' (1996) * ''Itoshi no Mirai-chan'' (1997) * '' Saigo no Koi'' (1997) * ''Koi, shita'' (1997) * ''Tales of the Unusual: Nozomi to West'' (1997) * '' Ten Urara'' (1998) * ''Joi'' (1999) * ''Organ no Iede'' (1999) * ''

Aoi Tokugawa Sandai is a 2000 Japanese historical drama television series and the 39th NHK taiga drama. The series respectively stars Masahiko Tsugawa, Toshiyuki Nishida, and Onoe Tatsunosuke II as the first three Tokugawa shōguns. It aired from January 9 to Dec ...

'' (2000) * ''Imagine'' (2000) * ''Kaigo Business'' (2001) * ''Mukashi no Otoko'' (2001) * ''Ikirutameno Jonetsutoshiteno Satsujin'' (2001) * ''Ainante Iraneyo, Natsu'' (2002) * ''Nagoya Butsudan Monogatari'' (2002) * ''Yuukaza Cinema Tatamiya'' (2002) * ''Sky High'' (2003) * ''Ai no Ie'' (2003) * ''Part Time Detective'' (2003) * ''Jikuu Keisatsu'' (2004) * '' The Man who Fought the Forty Seven Ronin'' (2004) * '' Millionaire Detective'' (2005) * ''Onyado Kawasemi The 3rd Chapter'' (2005) * ''

Umizaru is a manga series by Shūhō Satō which was serialized by Shogakukan in ''Weekly Young Sunday'' from 1998 to 2001. Yōichi Komori is credited with the original idea for the series, and he also did the research to make the series more auth ...

'' (2005) * ''Kiken na Aneki'' (2005) * ''Izumono Okuni'' (2006) * ''Tokyo Wonder Tours'' (2006) * ''Millionaire Detective Deluxe'' (2006) * ''37C'' (2006) * ''Sono Otoko Fukushocho'' (2007) * ''

Liar Game ''Liar Game'' (stylized as ''LIAR GAME'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinobu Kaitani. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' from February 2005 to January 2015. It was adap ...

'' (2007) * ''Shigotono Satamo Yomeshidai'' (2007) * ''

Tantei Gakuen Q is a Japanese manga series, written by Seimaru Amagi and illustrated by Fumiya Satō (the creators of ''Kindaichi Case Files''), originally serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' between June 2001 and August 2005, with its cha ...

'' (2007) * '' Koino Karasawagi IV'' (2007) * ''Rokumeikan'' (2008) * ''Genjuuro Hissatsuken'' (2008) * ''Top Sales'' (2008) * ''Kenkaku Shoubai Haru no Arashi'' (2008) * ''Sono Otoko Fukushocho 2'' (2008) * ''Reset'' (2009) * '' Tokumei Kakaricho Tadano Hitoshi'' (2009) * ''Kaidoku'' (2009) * '' Mr. Brain'' (2009) * ''

Buzzer Beat is a Fuji TV Japanese television drama starring Tomohisa Yamashita, Keiko Kitagawa, and Saki Aibu. The series primarily focuses on two characters, Naoki Kamiya ( Tomohisa Yamashita), a professional basketball player, and Riko Shirakawa (Keiko K ...

'' (2009) * ''History Thriller Theatre SP'' (2009) * ''Nanpei Sousahan 7nin no Keiji'' (2009) * '' Ninkyo Helper'' (2009) * '' Liar Game: Season 2'' (2010) * ''Very Sweet ~C’est tres doux~'' * ''

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'' (2010) * ''Omiyasan 7'' (2010) * '' Keiji Narusawa Ryo ~Tokyo Terrorist~'' (2010) * ''Eri no the Edge'' (2010) * ''

Hammer Session! is a Japanese manga series written by Yamato Koganemaru (chapters #1–31) and Hiroyuki Yatsu (onwards) and illustrated by Namoshiro Tanahashi. It started in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' on November 15, 2006, and finished on Januar ...

'' (2010) * ''Nanpei Sousahan 7nin no Keiji 2'' (2010) * ''Forensics Crime Files 31'' (2010) * ''Saikyo Bushoden ~Sangoku Engi~'' (2010) * ''Shukujo'' (2010) * ''Bengoshi Ichinose Ritsuko'' (2010) * ''Genya'' (2011) * ''Nanpei Sousahan 7nin no Keiji 3'' (2011) * '' Absolute Zero: Undercover Op'' (2011) * ''Keiji Yoshinaga Seiichi 8'' (2011) * ''

Mito Kōmon is a Japanese ''jidaigeki'' or period drama that was on prime-time television from 1969 to 2011, making it the longest-running ''jidaigeki'' in Japanese television history. The title character is the historic Tokugawa Mitsukuni, former vice-''sh ...

'' (2011) * ''Hokkaido Keisatsu: Junsa no Kyujitsu'' (2011) * ''Nanpei Sousahan 7nin no Keiji 4'' (2011) * ''Kaitō Royal'' (2011) * ''Ekkyo Sousa'' (2011) * ''Mouso Sousa'' (2012) * ''

Saiko no Jinsei is a Japanese television drama series. It premiered on TBS on January 12, 2012. The drama revolves around the members of the Ihara family who operate a funeral parlor in Tokyo. Show Synopsis The funeral parlor has been run by Ihara Masato’s ...

'' (2012) * ''Kasoken no Onna'' (2012) * ''Kazoku Hakkei'' (2012) * ''Liar Game: Fukunaga VS Yokoya'' (2012) * '' Tales of the Unusual 2012 Spring Special'' (2012) * ''Uso no Shomei ~Kajiwara Keiko~'' (2012) * '' LEGAL HIGH'' (2012) * ''

Kagi no Kakatta Heya is a 2012 Japanese Getsuku television drama series distributed by Universal Pictures under the locked-room mystery genre broadcast by Fuji Television from April 16 to June 25, 2012. It is based on the Kei Enomoto novel series by Yusuke Kishi ti ...

'' (2012) * ''Nanpei Sousahan 7nin no Keiji 5'' (2012) * '' Tokkan'' (2012) * ''Usono Shomei 2 ~Kajiwara Keiko~'' (2013) * ''Wasurenaide Yumewo ~Yanase Takashi~'' (2013) * '' Onna Nobunaga'' (2013) * ''Nanpei Sousahan 7nin no Keiji 6'' (2013) * ''Sennyu Tantei Tokage'' (2013) * ''Hokkaido Keisatsu: Warau Keikan'' (2013) * ''1st Proposal'' (2013) * ''Akuryo Byoto'' (2013) * ''Usono Shomei 3 ~Kajiwara Keiko~'' (2013) * ''Olympic Ransom'' (2013) * ''Detective Yuri Rintaro'' (2020)

Stage

* ''LOVE LETTERS'' (1998) * '' The Tempest'' (2000) * ''

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'' (2002) * ''LOVE LETTERS'' (2002) * ''

The Fastest Clock in the Universe ''The Fastest Clock in the Universe'' is a two act play by Philip Ridley. It was Ridley's second stage play and premiered at the Hampstead Theatre, London on 14 May 1992 and featured Jude Law in his first paid theatre role, playing the part of F ...

'' (2003) * ''

Roningai , also known as ''Samurai Town: Story 1, Story 2 and Story 3'', are respectively 1928 and 1929 black and white Japanese silent films directed by Masahiro Makino. Serving as parts of a 4-part series, the first and second installments are represen ...

'' (2003) * ''

Densha Otoko is a Japanese movie, television series, manga, novel, and other media, all based on the purportedly true story of a 23-year-old ''otaku'' who intervened when a drunk man started to harass several women on a train. The ''otaku'' ultimate ...

'' (2005) * ''Nishiki Goi'' (2006) * ''Aoki-san’s Wife'' (2007) * ''

KEAN Kean may refer to: * Kean (name) * Kean (play), ''Kean'' (play), 1838 play by Alexandre Dumas père based on the life of the actor Edmund Kean, and its adaptations: ** Kean (1921 film), ''Kean'' (1921 film), a German silent historical film ** Kean ...

'' (2008) * ''Pride'' (2010) * ''

Édith Piaf Édith Piaf (, , ; born Édith Giovanna Gassion, ; December 19, 1915– October 10, 1963) was a French singer, lyricist and actress. Noted as France's national chanteuse, she was one of the country's most widely known international stars. Pia ...

'' (2011) * ''Ikedaya'' (2012)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Kazuma Suzuki Horipro Agency Profile

Official Facebook page
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