He won the fight by a second-round technical knockout and amassed a 2–2 record during the following year,[4] before being placed in the Pancrase Flyweight Neo Blood tournament.
The fight was cancelled the day before it was supposed to take place, as Suzuki missed weight by 2.8 kg at the official weigh-ins.
[16] Suzuki faced the 2011 DREAM Japan Bantamweight Grand Prix Runner Up and two-weight DEEP champion Masakazu Imanari at Rizin Landmark Vol.4 on November 6, 2022.
[20] Erbst missed weight by 400g at the official weigh-ins and was accordingly stripped of his title, leaving only Suzuki eligible to capture the newly vacant belt.
[21] Although Suzuki tapped to a triangle choke at the 2:59 minute mark of the opening round, the fight result was immediately overturned into a no-contest, due to Erbst's weight miss.
[30] Suzuki made his professional kickboxing debut against Ryoga "Vulcan" Imoto at Shoot Boxing 2019 Young Caeser Cup Central 25 on May 26, 2019.
Suzuki won a single shoot point in the opening round, awarded to him for successfully planting Imoto on his back with a hip throw.
[32] Suzuki faced the 37-fight veteran Satoru Hashimoto in a -64 kg catchweight bout at the KNOCK OUT × REBELS cross-promotional event on October 4, 2019.
The contest was briefly stopped early in the first round, as the referee accidentally poked Yoshiki in the eye while separating the fighters from the clinch.
[37] On December 16, 2019, it was announced that Suzuki would be one of eight participants in the 2020 KNOCK OUT Black -64 kg Grand Prix, which was held on February 11, 2020, at the Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Suzuki was booked to face Kyokushin karate standout and future K-1 Lightweight champion Yuki Yoza in the tournament quarterfinals.
The pivotal moment of the bout happened in the first minute of the final round, when Suzuki was able to knock Yoza down with a lead leg knee strike.
[40] After suffering his first loss under kickboxing rules, Suzuki was booked to face the BigBang super lightweight champion Shoya Sugiyama in a -64 kg catchweight bout at KNOCK OUT CHAMPIONSHIP 2 on September 12, 2020.
[51] Suzuki faced Marcos Rios, who was at the time regarded as the tenth best kickboxer at his weight, at KNOCK OUT 2023 Super Bout Blaze on March 4, 2023.
[56] Influenced by his senior gym mate Kohei Tokeshi, he regularly conducts free events for children using a portion of his fight purses as part of his philanthropic activities.