is a Japanese actress.
Career Suzuki began acting after high school and debuted at age 19 in the television drama Asobi Ja Nai No Yo, Kono Koi Wa (TBS, 1986).
Her breakthrough came in 1991 with the role of Rika in the Fuji TV television adaptation of Fumi Saimon's manga Tokyo Love Story. The scholar Alisa Freedman has said that "Tokyo Love Story grabbed media and viewer attention because of the main character Rika", and the show made Suzuki famous at home and in Asia.
She married the comedian Takaaki Ishibashi in 1998, and dropped out of show business in 1999 after giving birth to a daughter. She resumed her acting career with the NHK Taiga drama Gō (2011).
Selected filmography Television Year Title Role Notes1986Asobi Ja Nai No Yo, Kono Koi Wa1988Non-chan no YumeMisao NakamotoAsadora1989Shiratori Reiko de Gozaimasu!Reiko ShiratoriLead role1991Tokyo Love StoryRika AkanaLead role 1992In the Name of LoveTakako FujikiLead role1996Furuhata NinzaburōNoriko KendallEpisode 231997Sōrito Yobanaide1998News no OnnaTamaki AsoLead role1999Genroku RyōranSomekoTaiga drama2011GōOichi/narratorTaiga drama2013The Family GameKayoko NumataLegal HighEpisode 62014Smoking GunMaki Chiyoda2017Samurai Gourmet2017–2018Laugh It Up!Asadora2018–2020SuitsChika Yukimura2 seasons2019Ōoku the FinalTen'ei-inTV movie2020A Girl of 35Tae Tokioka2021InfluenceTomomi Oikawa2023FixerNahoko SugitaniSeason 22025Private BankerKumiko IidaScandal EveYoko Kodama
Films Year Title Role Notes1989Fancy Dance1995Hero InterviewLead role1997Lie Lie LieMisaki Ui2000IchigensanKyōko Nakamura2012The Floating CastleTama2013Platinum Data2016KanonMitsuko Harashima2021Detective Chinatown 3Yoshiko KawamuraChinese filmPerfect StrangersEriAsakusa KidMari Fukami2023Don't Call It Mystery: The MovieNanae Kariatsumari
Awards Year Award Category Work(s) Result 199014th Elan d'or AwardsNewcomer of the YearHerself19921st TV Life Annual Drama AwardsBest ActressTokyo Love Story201423rd TV Life Annual Drama AwardsBest Supporting ActressThe Family Game
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