The second son of a former samurai in the service of Kaga Domain, Suzuki was born in Ishikawa prefecture and attended military preparatory schools in Nagoya.

After leaving 24th class of the Army Staff College in 1912, he has served as a military attaché to the Empire of Russia from 1916 to 1918, and was thus witness to many of the events of the Russian Revolution and the overthrow of the Romanov dynasty.

[1] Suzuki was promoted to lieutenant colonel in March 1924 and was attached to the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff from December of that year.

Recalled to Japan in October 1937, Suzuki became commandant of the Narashino Chemical Warfare School until he retired at the end of December 1938.

After his retirement from military service, Suzuki was chairman of the rationing board of the Japanese automobile industry until the end of he war.