Chage and Aska
In 1990 Suzuki was appointed director of the Studio Ghibli company. He was producer on "Only Yesterday" in 1991 and "Porco Rosso" in 1992. Suzuki was in charge of the "Ocean Waves" project, directed by Tomomi Mochizuki, created by Studio Ghibli for television, which aired in Japan in 1993. The following year he worked as producer on Takahata's theatrical release "Pom Poko". In 1995 he produced director Yoshifumi Kondō’s "Whisper of the Heart" and "On Your Mark", theatrically released together in 1995. The latter is a short animated promotional video created by Studio Ghibli for the Japanese pop-duo Chage and Aska. In 1995 Suzuki also became the producer on the next feature length Ghibli film project, released, in 1997, under the title he had selected, "Princess Mononoke". In 1997 Studio Ghibli and Tokuma Shoten merged and Suzuki became the inaugural President. 1999 saw the release of Takahata's "My Neighbors the Yamadas" for which Suzuki was the producer.