Akiko Suzuki

Akiko Suzuki (鈴木 明子, Suzuki Akiko) (born March 28, 1985) is a Japanese retired figure skater. She was 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 2014 Japanese national champion. She finished eighth at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics.

Personal life

Suzuki trains in Nagoya, Japan. After her competitive career, she would like to become a choreographer. She suffered from anorexia nervosa and therefore missed the entire 2003–04 season of skating.

Suzuki works for Toho Real Estate which has its own skating rink.

Following her retirement in 2014, Suzuki began working as a choreographer and coaching with her longtime coach, Hiroshi Nagakubo, at the Howa Sports Land Skating Club in the Aichi Prefecture. She currently choreographs for Rika Hongo, Rin Nitaya, and other young skaters.

Suzuki credits figure skating choreographers, Shae-Lynn Bourne and Pasquale Camerlengo, for inspiring her to have started working as a choreographer.