Edogawa Ranpo
Edogawa Rampo (江戸川 乱歩 Edogawa Ranpo) (born Hirai Taro; October 21, 1894 - July 28, 1965) was a Japanese author and critic. He wrote many works of detective fiction. Akechi Kogoro was the primary detective of these novels.
Rampo was a great admirer of western mystery writers, and especially of Edgar Allen 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 Detective Conan (Case Closed), the main character, Shin'ichi Kudō (Jimmy Kudo), chooses the alias Conan Edogawa, named after Doyle and Edogawa.
Works
- Nisen Doka
- Inju
- Imomushi
- Koto no Oni
- Kumo-otoko
- Kurotokage
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