Fuku Suzuki

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Fuku Suzuki is a Japanese actor from Tokyo, born on June 17, 2004. He started acting as a toddler in 2006 on NHK’s Inai Inai Baa! and has since appeared in many TV dramas and films. He is represented by Theatre Academy and has a younger sister who is also an actress, Yume Suzuki.

His breakout came in 2011 with Marumo no Okite, where he played Tomoki Sasakura. The show was popular, and the theme song “Maru Maru Mori Mori!” by Fuku and co-star Mana Ashida became a big hit, helping them perform on the Kohaku Uta Gassen. The pair’s chemistry drew a lot of fans and even led to a two-hour special after the final episode.

Suzuki also starred as the supernatural being Bero in Yōkai Ningen Bem (2011), for which he won a Supporting Actor Award at the Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix, becoming the youngest recipient. He did voice work for Doraemon in 2012 as the character Fūku, a seven-year-old boy who moves at his own pace. That year he began leading Kodomo Keisatsu (Child Police) on TV, and the success of the show led to a feature film in 2013 and a spin-off series.

In addition to acting, Suzuki has pursued music. He and Mana Ashida formed the duo Kaoru to Tomoki, Tamani Mook, releasing the hit “Maru Maru Mori Mori!” in 2011. He later released a solo single, “Iya, Iya YO~,” in 2012, and in 2013 he partnered with Kanon Tani to form Fuku to Kanon, releasing songs such as “Neko Nyan-nyan-nyan…” The pair also released a bilingual version of the song in East and West editions.

Suzuki has appeared on many variety and quiz shows, including Waratte Iitomo as a “holiday regular,” and he co-hosted the kids’ show be Ponkikkīzu with Kanon Tani from 2012. He has done numerous TV commercials and has taken roles in other films, such as Akumu-chan the movie (2014) and Bara Iro no Būko (2014).

Personal details include that he is the eldest of four siblings, with sisters Yume and Homa Suzuki and brother Tano Suzuki. He enjoys playing the koto, watching films, action movies, and loves Kamen Rider and Doraemon. He has a keen interest in ghosts (yōkai) and sometimes acts out scenes from his favorite fantasy worlds. Suzuki has hay fever since age three and also has a motor speech disorder called dysarthria.