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Kazuma Suzuki

Japanese actor (born 1968)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ11648493 ↗
Source-derived summary

Kazuma Suzuki (鈴木 一真) is a Japanese stage, film, television actor, film director, fashion designer, and former model.

Career

During his high school years, Suzuki was scouted at Harajuku and made his debut as a model in the fashion magazine POPEYE. From there he made appearances in other popular Japanese magazines such as MEN’S NON-NO and MEN’S CLUB. At one point, he wanted to become a wardrobe stylist and supported famous stylists such as Tomoki Sukezane and Yoshiyuki Kitao.

In the early 1990s, Suzuki moved to Paris and became the first Japanese male model to participate in the Benetton Group's World Campaign, and on this occasion, signed with agencies in Paris, Milan, London, and New York. Suzuki has worked with L'Uomo Vogue, Harper's Bazaar Uomo (Italy), i-D (UK), Giorgio Armani, Romeo Gigli, Emilio Cavallini (Milan Fashion Week), Hedi Slimane (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 NHK asadora morning drama series Ten Urara which widely spread Suzuki's name as an actor all over Japan.

Filmography

Film

Gerende ga Tokeruhodo Koishitai (1995), Shuusuke Kawabata

12 (1996)

EYES OF THE WOLF (1997)

Fukigen na Kajitsu (1997)

An Obsession (1997), Shimano

Detective RIKO (1998)

Orokamono (1998), Masui Katsu

heat after dark (1999)

Ojuken (1999)

Crazy Lips (2000), Michio Kurahashi

Tokyo Trash Baby (2000), yoshinori

Tales of the Unusual (2000), Yuki Takuro

Tokyo Zansu (2001), The Promise

DOUBLES (2001), Gun

travailler (2002)

Hitsuji no Uta (2002)

Asama-Sanso Jiken (2002)

YMCA Baseball Team (2003)

Love! (2003)

Mana ni Dakarete (2003)

Robocon (2003)

KENENN (2003)

NO NAME

KOIBONE (2004), Teacher Tanaka

Black Kiss (2005)

If You’re Happy and You Know It (2005)

Shisso (2005)

Sannenn Migomoru (2005)

NANA (2005), Seiichi Mizukoshi

Back Dancers! (2006), Seiji

The Angel’s Egg (2006), Hasegawa

Yoyogi Blues (2006)

KABAN (2007)

The Taste of Fish (2008)

Detroit Metal City (2008), Hidetaka Asato

Tenshi no ita Okujo (2008)

Shisei (2009)

Tale of Ururu’s Forest (2009)

BANDAGE (2010), Toda

Kotoba no nai Fuyu (2010)

Liar Game: The Final Stage (2010), Norihiko Yokoya

NECK (2010), Sohei Yamamoto

Renai Gikyoku (2010)

Liar Game: Reborn (2012), Norihiko Yokoya

Good Luck (2012)

Toshokan Sensō (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 (2000), Kobayakawa Hideaki

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 2 (2004) as Shuzo Fujie

Jikuu Keisatsu (2004)

The Man Who Fought the Forty-Seven Ronin (2004)

Millionaire Detective (2005)

Onyado Kawasemi The 3rd Chapter (2005)

Umizaru (2005)

Kiken na Aneki (2005)

Izumono Okuni (2006)

Tokyo Wonder Tours (2006)

Millionaire Detective Deluxe (2006)

37C (2006)

Sono Otoko Fukushocho (2007)

Liar Game (2007)

Shigotono Satamo Yomeshidai (2007)

Tantei Gakuen Q (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.

Editorial summary

“Kazuma Suzuki” enters the record as japanese actor (born 1968). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Kazuma, Suzuki and Japanese can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1998, 1995, 1996, 1997—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1968-10-08. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Kazuma, Suzuki and Japanese.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Kazuma Suzuki” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Kazuma, Suzuki and Japanese provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q11648493. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1998, 1995, 1996 and 1997.

Critical limits

Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Kazuma Suzuki” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.