Suzuki and the other successful candidates who joined the company in the same year including Ko NAKAHIRA, Buichi SAITO, Kazuo INOUE, Chisato IKOMA, Zenzo MATSUYAMA, Yugoro IMAI and Tadashi ARIMOTO formed the Akahachikai (meaning that the eight of them will embarrass themselves).
同期入社は赤八会（赤っ恥を八人でかくの意）の中平康、斎藤武市、井上和男、生駒千里、松山善三、今井雄五郎、有本正。