edogawa rampo

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.

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Nisen Doka
Inju
Imomushi
Koto no Oni
Kumo-otoko
Kurotokage

Edogawa Rampo

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