Kiyoshi Katsuki

Kiyoshi Katsuki (香月 清司, Katsuki Kiyoshi, 6 October 1881 – 29 January 1950) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War.

In 1929, Katsuki was promoted to major general and given command of the IJA 30th Infantry Brigade.

After being promoted to lieutenant general in 1933, he served as Deputy Commandant of the War College until 1935.

In early 1937, he became Deputy Inspector-General of Military Training until 12 July 1937, when he was called to replace Lieutenant General Kanichiro Tashiro, commander of Japanese China Garrison Army, had suddenly died a few days after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident.

As commander of the IJA 1st Army from 26 August 1937, Katsuki presided over the early fighting in north China in the Second Sino-Japanese War, including the Peiking – Hankow Railway Operation.