Edogawa Rampo (江戸川 乱歩 Edogawa Ranpo), born Hirai Tarō (平井 太郎 Hirai Tarō, October 21, 1894 - July 28, 1965) was a Japanese author and critic. He wrote many works of detective fiction. Kogoro Akechi was the primary detective of these novels.
Rampo was a great admirer of western mystery writers, and especially of Edgar Allan Poe. The pseudonym "Edogawa Rampo" is actually a Japanese rendering of Poe's name. Other authors who were special influences on him were Maurice Leblanc and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
In the anime and manga Case Closed (Detective Conan in Japan), the main character, Jimmy Kudo (Shin'ichi Kudo in the Japanese version), chooses the alias Conan Edogawa, named after Doyle and Edogawa.
Rampo appears as the main character of the 1994 film, The Mystery of Rampo .
Works
- Nisen Doka
- Inju
- Imomushi
- Koto no Oni
- Kumo-otoko
- Kurotokage
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