Suzuki was born in Nakasen, Akita Prefecture on September 14, 1999, the eldest daughter of educator Shigeki Suzuki and his wife Yasuko.[10] At the age of three she completed a 3-kilometer run without stopping.[10] Suzuki also played basketball as a teenager[10] in her home prefecture of Akita which is famous for its Hoosier Hysteria-like state of basketball fanaticism.[11] After graduating from Omagari High School, she entered Daito Bunka University and gradually became a standout runner.[12] Suzuki was the marathon record holder for Japanese university students, with a time of 2:25:02 achieved on 13 March 2022 at the Nagoya Women's Marathon - her very first marathon.[13][14]
