Airi Suzuki (鈴木愛理)

Overview

Airi Suzuki (born April 12, 1994) is a Japanese singer, actress, model and radio personality, born in Gifu and raised in Chiba Prefecture. She is signed to Up-Front Create, with releases on zetima and UP-FRONT WORKS. She spent 15 years in Hello! Project as a member of Cute (℃-ute) and Buono!, and now works as a solo artist.

Career

2002: She passed the Hello! Project Kids audition at age eight, singing BoA's "Kimochi wa Tsutawaru." She was chosen from around 30,000 applicants, and appeared in the film Mini Moni ja Movie: Okashi na Daibōken! as an angel.
2003: She joined the subgroup Aa! with Reina Tanaka and Miyabi Natsuyaki, releasing the single "First Kiss."
2005: Cute was formed on June 11, with Suzuki as lead vocalist. The group made its major-label debut in 2007 with "Sakura Chirari."
2007: She joined Buono!, formed to perform songs for the anime Shugo Chara! Their first single, "Honto no Jibun," came out on October 31, 2007.
2013: She entered Keio University and also joined the subgroup Dia Lady with Risako Sugaya.
2016-2017: She began hosting the radio show "Airi's Potion" in 2016. She graduated from Keio in March 2017, and left Hello! Project after Cute's farewell concert at Saitama Super Arena on June 12, 2017.
December 31, 2017: She made a surprise appearance at Hello! Project COUNTDOWN PARTY 2017, debuting the new song "Mikansei Girl" and launching her solo career.
2018: She held her first solo shows at COTTON CLUB (March 26) and Zepp Tokyo (April 9), walked her first runway at GirlsAward 2018 SPRING/SUMMER, and released her solo debut album Do Me a Favor on June 6. She played her first solo Nippon Budokan show on July 9, followed by the "PARALLEL DATE" tour.
2019: She toured with "Escape" and released her second album, i, in December.
2020: She featured on Masayuki Suzuki's "Daddy! Daddy! Do!"
2022: She released the album 26/27 in February. In April she took on the ending theme "Heart wa Oteage" for the anime Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-, her first anime tie-in as a solo artist. She also starred in the web drama ANIMALS and made her first appearance at the 6th Momoiro Uta Gassen on December 31.
2023: She released "heart notes" in March and "Saikyo no Oshi!" in October, and appeared at the 7th Momoiro Uta Gassen on December 31. In October she became co-MC of "Azatokute Nani ga Warui no?" with Ryota Yamasato, and starred in the drama Oshi ga Joshi ni Narimashite.
2024: She released "Koi ni Ochitara" and the album 28/29 in March, followed by a From THE FIRST TAKE version of "Koi ni Ochitara" in April.
2025: She released "Ruby," "Oops!," "Zero Ichi," "Umi o Yuku" and "Isshō ☆ Kimi Oshi," and held the tour LIVE 2025 ~~Oops!~~. She also starred in the sequel drama Oshi ga Joshi ni Narimashite Full Throttle.
2026: She released "Tadaima no Mahō" in January and starred in her first solo lead film role in Tadaima tte Ieru Basho (January 23). In February she released From THE FIRST TAKE versions of "Tadaima no Mahō" and "Hatsukoi Cider."

Musical style

Suzuki has loved singing since childhood and aimed to become a singer. As lead vocalist of Cute and later as a soloist, she works mainly in pop, extending into anime songs and band sound. Do Me a Favor featured collaborations with Scandal, Akai Ko-en and Spicy Chocolate, while i includes "Break it Down," produced by Official Hige Dandism. She has continued to collaborate widely, including with Masayoshi Oishi on "Shujinkō ni Narou!" (2025).

Personal life

She is the daughter of professional golfers Toru Suzuki and Kyoko Maruya, and graduated from Keio University with a degree in Environmental Studies. She can play the cornet and is a fan of anime.