Toshio Suzuki Born in 1948 in Nagoya, Japan, Toshio Suzuki graduated from Keio University with a degree in literature in 1972 and joined the publishing company Tokuma Shoten Co., Ltd. After working for the weekly magazine Asahi Geino , he cofounded the monthly animation magazine Animage . While serving as coeditor, and later chief editor, of Animage , Suzuki took part in the production of films by Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki, including Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), Grave of the Fireflies (1988), and My Neighbor Totoro (1988). He participated in the founding of Studio Ghibli in 1985 and has worked there since 1989, producing almost all of Studio Ghibli's theatrical films up to the studio's latest film The Boy and the Heron (2023). Some of his other roles include being the associate executive director of the Ghibli Museum, Mitaka, which opened in 2001; coproducer for Innocence (2004) and producer for the Japanese dub version of Garm Wars: The Last Druid (2006), both directed by Mamoru Oshii and produced by Production I.G; and the host of his own radio program, Sweating Ghibli , on Tokyo FM since 2007. He has been awarded the Fujimoto Prize; Best Producer of Elan d'or Award; Shin Watanabe Award; Movie Day Special Achievement Badge; and Geijutsu Sensho Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award.

Furthermore, Japan Advertising Federation recognized his efforts as a producer with the Shoriki Award, and ASIFA-Hollywood presented him with the Winsor McCay Award at the 49th Annie Awards, among others. Suzuki received an honorary doctorate degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2012.