Akiko Suzuki

(born March 28, 1985) is a Japanese figure skating choreographer and retired competitive figure skater. She is the 2012 World Championships bronze medalist, a three-time Grand Prix Final medalist (2011 silver, 2009 & 2012 bronze), a two-time Four Continents silver medalist (2010, 2013), the 2007 Winter Universiade champion, and the 2013 Japanese national champion. She placed eighth at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics.

Personal life Suzuki was born on March 28, 1985, in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture. At the same time, she worked for Toho Real Estate, which has its own skating rink.

On going to university, where she was in control of her own diet, she began to lose dangerous amounts of weight. Suzuki said she kept the disorder to herself and that "People don’t get it. They assume eating is easy. It’s not like I didn’t want to eat."

2004–2005 to 2008–2009 Suzuki returned to competitive skating in the 2004–2005 season after being inspired by Shizuka Arakawa's victory at the 2004 World Championships. Suzuki has been a mainstay in Shizuka Arakawa's Friends on Ice show since its second edition in 2007 and was a main cast member of the annual touring ice show Fantasy on Ice, having participated in all editions from 2010 to 2019. In 2022 she did the commentary for the live broadcast at the tour stop in Nagoya amongst others. In 2017, 2019 and 2021 she appeared in the new, innovative cross-genre ice show Hyoen, starring her peer Daisuke Takahashi. In 2024 she provided choreography for the Hyoen production "The Miracle of the Cross Star" and for the new ice show BISF25. She also provided motion capture and choreography for the anime adaptation of Medalist.

Suzuki has choreographed for the following skaters:

Yuna Aoki Lim Eun-soo Yuka Nagai Shin Ji-a Yo Takagi