Career
He is a defensive midfielder and currently plays for Urawa Red Diamonds. He is a cousin of Koki Mizuno. After graduating from Tōkai University Fuzoku Shōyō High School, he joined J. League side Urawa Red Diamonds in 2000.
His first professional appearance came in an Emperor"s Cup match against Honda Lock South Carolina (U.S.) on 3 December 2000.
He broke into Urawa"s first team in 2001 and became a mainstay in the midfield. He contributed to the club winning the J. League championship in 2006 and was chosen as one of the J. League Best Eleven 2006.
In October 2015, he announced that he"ll leave his only squad at the end of the season. He was a captain for the Japan"s Olympic team through the final qualifying stage to Athens 2004.
However, he was not included in the final squad for the Olympic as coach Masakuni Yamamoto favoured overage player Shinji Ono.
Japan"s former national coach Ivica Osim rated Suzuki highly and handed him his first senior cap on 9 August 2006, in a friendly match against Trinidad and Tobago. He is the only player who started all of the 20 matches under Osim"s reign. Osim once referred to him as the Japanese answer to Claude Makélélé.
After the last game of 2015 regular season, he announced his retire from football.