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
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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