Suzuki Airi

Suzuki Airi (鈴木愛理)

Nicknames: Ai-chan, Airiin, Osuzu
Birthdate: April 12, 1994
Birth Place: Gifu, Japan
Blood Type: B
Height: 160 cm
Audition Song: Kimochi wa Tsutawaru (気持ちはつたわる, Kimochi wa Tsutawaru)
Hobbies: Purikura, singing, dancing
Special Abilites: Y-shape Balance, Singing
Strong Point: “I get along with everyone”
Weak Point: “When I start talking, I can’t stop!”
Habit: Touch her bangs
Favorite Colors: White, Light Blue, Pink, Black
Favorite Flower: Lily, Hibiscus
Things she doesn’t like to do: “I can’t touch bugs!”
Afraid of: Haunted Houses, Thunder
Favorite Movies: Ghibli Movies, “Harry Potter”, “Lilo & Stitch”, “Lord of the Rings”
Favorite Things: Diamond Ring, “chung chung”, beautiful things
Favorite Books: “Magic Tree House”, “Atashinchi”, “Zerori”
Favorite Word: “Arigatou” (thank you)
Favorite Season: Spring (birthday), Fall (not that many bugs)
Favorite Food: Chinjao Rosu, tacos,Green Peppers, Spaghetti with tomato, monjayaki, sushi, natto
Hated Food: Carrots next to a hamburger, Mini Tomatoes, Parsley, Celery, Cauliflower
Favorite Cities: Hong Kong, New York, Tokyo, Vancouver
Favorite Song: FIRST KISS (Aa!)
Likes: Her ears
Favorite Pet’s: Dogs

In 2002, Suzuki participated and passed, along with 14 other girls, the audition of Hello! Project Kids after performing Kimochi wa Tsutawaru by BoA. She made her first appearance in the entertainment industry as a member of 4KIDS, a temporary group that appeared in Mini Moni’s movie Mini Moni ja Movie: Okashi na Daibōken!, which was released in early 2003.

Later in the same year, Suzuki was assigned to another temporary group Aa! along with Tanaka Reina from Morning Musume and fellow Hello! Project Kids member Natsuyaki Miyabi. They released only one single, First Kiss, it was released on October 29, 2003. Because, due to complaints that all three girls were too young to understand the feelings they were singing about. By the time of the release, she was 9 years, 6 months and 17 days old and was the youngest lead singer on any Hello! Project single.

Airi continued her work within the Hello! Project Kids, namely performing alongside Morning Musume at concerts as backing dancers. In late 2004 Suzuki took part in her first Hello! Project shuffle unit, H.P. All Stars, taking part alongside all the members of Hello! Project at the time.

In 2005 Suzuki Airi was assigned as a member of Hello! Project group °C-ute alongside seven other Hello! Project Kids members. These seven members had been passed over when it came to the forming of Berryz Koubou, which had originally been formed to teach the Hello! Project Kids about being in a group by rotating the line-up amongst the Kids. Originally °C-ute was releasing on an indie label but in 2007 they made their major debut.

She was a member of Little Gatas and was added to Gatas Brilhantes H.P. on April, 2007.

On February 21, 2007 °C-ute released their debut single, “Sakura Chirari”. On the first day in the charts it ranked third on the Oricon charts, a feat not even accomplished by Hello! Project’s mother group Morning Musume (who had ranked 6th on their debut single). With their debut single, they became the youngest group (with the average age of 13) to rank in the top 10. They released three singles in this year with Suzuki being the lead vocalist and center focus for all three releases!

Furthermore, it was announced on July 21, 2007 that Suzuki would participate in a unit named Buono! with Tsugunaga Momoko and Natsuyaki Miyabi from Berryz Kobo. 2008,Suzuki continued her duties in both °C-ute and Buono!.

In 2009, Airi, along with four other members of °C-ute and Berryz Koubou left the Hello! Project futsal team, Gatas Brilhantes H.P.. The members left of their own violition due to feeling that they could not perform as high level players due to their level of ability.

On March 13, 2009, Suzuki was in a solo commercial that appeared in the Pizza-La website.

On July 2009 it was revealed that Aa! would be revived and it would include two original members -Suzuki Airi and Natsuyaki Miyabi- and a Hello! Pro Egg (Saho Akari).

Trivia

Suzuki currently lives in Chiba, Japan.
Plays trumpet.
Has named Takahashi Ai, Tanaka Reina and Matsuura Aya like the Hello! Project members she respects.
Her favorite magical creature is Kappa. Her favorite manga is “How to take care of your Kappa”.
She has six dogs.
She isn’t as confident on her dance. She says she spends extra time in dance class to dominate it, especially for the difficult coreagraphies of Tokaikko Junjou and Namida no Iro.
Her father, Suzuki Toru, is a professional golfer. Her mother, Kyoko Marutani joined LPGA in 1992 and she retired as a golfer one year later.
She can play the cornet.
Has a younger brother.
She shares the same birthday as Yoshizawa Hitomi: April 12th.
Is good friends with Sugaya Risako and Arihara Kanna .
In Episode 36 of Gintama, 3 members of °C-ute — Okai Chisato, Hagiwara Mai and Suzuki Airi — appear at 14:40 when they start to do the same movements that the dojo does (“Dream Catcher”).
Suzuki is the youngest ever member of Hello! Project to lead on a single.
Suzuki’s number when she was a part of Gatas Brillhantes was 24.
She was born April 12, 1994 in Gifu but raised in Chiba, Japan.