Taro Hirai

Edogawa Ranpo

  • Name: Edogawa Ranpo
  • Native name: 江戸川乱歩
  • Also Known as: Taro Hirai, Ranpo Edogawa, 江戶川 亂步, 平井太郎
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: October 1, 1894
  • Died: July 28, 1965
Taro Hirai, better known by the pen name Edogawa Ranpo, was a Japanese author and critic who played a major role in the development of Japanese mystery and thriller fiction. Many of his novels involve the detective hero Kogoro Akechi, who in later books was the leader of a group of boy detectives known as the "Boy Detectives Club".

Ranpo was an admirer of Western mystery writers, and especially of Edgar Allan Poe. His pen name is a rendering of Poe's name. Other authors who were special influences on him were Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, whom he attempted to translate into Japanese during his days as a student at Waseda University, and the Japanese mystery writer Ruiko Kuroiwa.

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Year Title Type Rating
2021 Edogawa Ranpo Short Stories IV: Shin! Shonen Tantei-dan
Special
5.0
2019 Kurotokage
Special
6.7
2018 Edogawa Ranpo Short Stories III: Mitsushima Hikari x Edogawa Ranpo
Special
0.0
2018 BD Akechi Tantei Jimusho
Movie
0.0
2016 Edogawa Ranpo Short Stories I: 1925-nen no Akechi Kogoro
Special
7.5
2015 Kurotokage
Special
5.9
2015 Murder on D Street
Movie
2.0
2004 Ranpo R
Drama
6.4
2001 Yami No Kyouhakusha: Edogawa Ranpo 'injuu' Yori
Special
4.0
1984 Kaijin Nijumenso to Shonwn Tanteidan 2
Drama
0.0
1983 Kaijin Nijumenso to Shonwn Tanteidan
Drama
0.0
1978 Edogawa Ranpo 'Ryokui no Oni' Yori: Shiroi Ningyo no Bijo
Special
0.0
1978 Edogawa Ranpo 'Akuma no Monshou' Yori: Shikeidai no Bijo
Special
4.0
1978 Edogawa Ranpo 'Majutsushi' Yori: Yokushitsu no Bijo
Special
2.0
1977 Edogawa Ranpo 'Kyuuketsuki' Yori: Hyouchuu no Bijo
Special
0.0
1977 Beast in the Shadows
Movie
5.0
1972 Akechi Tantei Jimusho
Drama
0.0
1970 Ranpo Edogawa series: Kogoro Akechi
Drama
6.0
1968 Black Lizard
Movie
7.4
1962 Kurotokage
Movie
7.4
1960 Shonen Tanteidan
Drama
0.0
1957 Shonen Tanteidan: Kabu to Mushi no Yoki
Movie
0.0
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  • First Name: Taro
  • Family Name: Hirai
  • Native name: 江戸川乱歩
  • Also Known as: Taro Hirai, Ranpo Edogawa, 江戶川 亂步, 平井太郎
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: October 1, 1894
  • Died: July 28, 1965

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