<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ngo-July 1944, uSuzuki wamiswa njengomlawuli we-IJA 35th Army. Leli butho lakhiwa ePhilippines eyayibuswa amaJapane ngenxa yokucabanga ngemizamo yamaZwe ahlangene yokuhlasela nokubuyisa iMindanao neziqhingi zaseVisayan maphakathi naseningizimu yePhilippines. Kwakungaphansi komyalo jikelele we-Japanese Fourteenth Area Army futhi inhloko-dolobha yayo yayiseCebu. Ekuqaleni kwakuhloswe ukuthi kube yisikhali sokulinda ukulwa impi yesikhathi eside, njengoba isimo sempi ePacific sasilokhu siba nzima kakhulu eJapan, i-Imperial General Headquarters yayala iningi le-IJA 35th Army eLeyte njengokuqiniswa kwamasosha aseJapane e  <response>: Impi YaseLeyte. Ngesikhathi sokufika kwamaMelika eLeyte kusukela ngomhlaka 20 Okthoba 1944 iSuzuki yayinamabutho angama-45,000; kodwa-ke, ama-Allies aqeda amabutho aseJapane ekupheleni kukaDisemba. Njengoba impi yayisilahlekile, amayunithi asinda anikezwa igunya lokuzimela, futhi ayalelwa ukuba aye phansi futhi aqhube umkhankaso wamavukelambuso eziqhingini zawo isikhathi eside ngangokunokwenzeka. Ngo-24 Mashi 1945 uSuzuki wabalekela eCebu City, kwathi lapho amabutho aseMelika efika eCebu ngo-26 Mashi 1945, wasuka waya ezintabeni, futhi ukusuka lapho wazama ukubuyela eMindanao. Ngo-Ephreli 8, wathola ucingo oluthi umsizi wakhe, uMajor Rijome Kawahara, wabulawa nokuthi iCebu City iwile. Noma kunjalo, waqhubeka nohambo lwakhe lokubaleka, nokho, ngenkathi ezama ukwenza kanjalo, izikebhe zakhe zahlaselwa yizindiza futhi uSuzuki wabulawa empini ngo-19 Ephreli 1945. Ngemva kokufa kwakhe wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba yinduna yebutho. 