Otani Kikuzo ( Jap. 大谷 喜 久 蔵 O: Thani Kikuzo , February 4, 1856 - November 26, 1923 ) - Japanese general.
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In 1883, he was a lieutenant. In 1886 he was promoted to captain. In 1892, Kikuzo received the rank of major and became the commander of a battalion in the infantry regiment. In 1894 - at the main imperial headquarters. Colonel (1897). In 1902 - major general.
The commandant of the Japanese garrison in Qingdao .
In the years 1918-1919, Otani Kikuzo was the commander in chief of Japanese troops in the Russian Far East , as well as the formal commander of all intervention troops. In 1919-1920 he was the chief inspector of combat training . Since 1920 he was retired. He was granted the Baron title.