Kammala wannan jumla: A watan Yulin 1944, an nada Suzuki a matsayin kwamandan rundunar soji ta 35 na IJA. An tattara wannan rundunar a cikin Philippines da Japan ta mamaye don tsammanin yunƙurin Allied don mamayewa da sake dawo da tsibirin Mindanao da tsibirin Visayan a tsakiyar da kudancin Philippines. Ya kasance a ƙarƙashin babban umurnin Sojojin Yankin Japan na 14 kuma yana da hedikwata a Cebu. Da farko an yi niyya ne a matsayin rundunar sojoji don tsayayya da yakin basasa na dogon lokaci, yayin da yanayin yaƙin a yankin Pacific ya zama mai matukar damuwa ga Japan, Babban Ofishin Janar na Imperial ya umarci yawancin sojojin IJA 35th zuwa Leyte a matsayin ƙarfafawa ga sojojin Japan a cikin
Yaƙin Leyte. A lokacin da Amurka ta sauka a Leyte daga 20 ga Oktoba 1944 Suzuki yana da sojoji 45,000; duk da haka, Allies sun hallaka sojojin Japan a ƙarshen Disamba. Kamar yadda aka rasa yakin, an ba da izini na ba da izini na ba da izini, kuma an umurce su da su je ƙasa kuma su yi yakin basasa a kan tsibirin su na tsawon lokaci. A ranar 24 ga Maris, 1945 Suzuki ya tsere zuwa Cebu City, kuma lokacin da sojojin Amurka suka sauka a Cebu a ranar 26 ga Maris, 1945, ya koma cikin tsaunuka, daga nan kuma ya yi kokarin janyewa zuwa Mindanao. A ranar 8 ga Afrilu, ya sami sakon waya cewa an kashe mataimakinsa, Manjo Rijome Kawahara, kuma an faɗi Cebu City. Duk da haka, ya ci gaba da tafiyarsa don tserewa, duk da haka, yayin da yake ƙoƙarin yin hakan, jiragensa sun kai hari ta hanyar jirgin sama kuma an kashe Suzuki a cikin aiki a ranar 19 ga Afrilu, 1945. An daukaka shi bayan mutuwarsa zuwa cikakken janar.