Kazuma Suzuki

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.