Tarō Hirai (平井 太郎 Hirai Tarō, October 21, 1894 – July 28, 1965), better known by the pseudonym Edogawa Ranpo (江戸川 乱歩), also romanized as Edogawa Rampo, was a Japanese author and critic who played a major role in the development of Japanese mystery 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" (少年探偵団 Shōnen tantei dan).
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 Ruikō Kuroiwa.
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Known For
Blind Beast
(1969)
Short Story
Horrors of Malformed Men
(1969)
Novel
Full Filmography
Writing
Palette knife no satsujin
(1946)
Short Story
Ghost Tower
(1948)
Original Story
Hyōchū no Bijo
(1950)
Novel
The Bronze Monster
(1954)
Original Story
Monster with Twenty Faces
(1954)
Writer
Mysterious Pygmy
(1955)
Original Story
The Boy Detectives Club – The Devil with Twenty Faces
(1956)
Original Story
The Boy Detectives Club – Doctor Phantom
(1956)
Original Story
Crossroad
(1956)
Story
The Boy Detectives Club – The Iron Fiend
(1957)
Original Story
Shonen Tanteidan: Kabu to Mushi no Yoki
(1957)
Original Story
The Boy Detectives Club – The Glow-in-the-Dark Monster
(1957)
Original Story
The Boy Detectives Club – The Revenge of Twenty Faces
(1957)
Original Story
The Spider-Man
(1958)
Original Story
The Boy Detectives Club – The No-Headed Man
(1958)
Original Story
The Boy Detectives Club – The Invisible Fiend
(1958)
Original Story
The Boy Detectives Club – The Enemy Is an Atomic Submarine
(1959)
Original Story
The Hidden Treasure
(1959)
Original Story
Black Lizard
(1962)
Novel
Black Lizard
(1968)
Novel
Horrors of Malformed Men
(1969)
Novel
Blind Beast
(1969)
Short Story
The Watcher in the Attic
(1976)
Story
A Scream from Nowhere
(1977)
Original Story
The Faceless Man
(1977)
Original Story
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
(1978)
Novel
The Beauty in the Bathroom
(1978)
Novel
Fairy Beauty
(1978)
Novel
江戸川乱歩「緑衣の鬼」より 白い人魚の美女
(1978)
Writer
Hôseki no bijo: Edogawa Ranpo Hakuhatsuki yori
(1979)
Novel
Gem Beauty
(1979)
Writer
大時計の美女 江戸川乱歩の「幽霊塔」
(1979)
Writer
Edogawa Ranpo Series Fascinated Beauty
(1980)
Original Story
江戸川乱歩の黄金仮面ＩＩ／桜の国の美女
(1980)
Novel
The Beauty of the Makeup Stage
(1982)
Writer
Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake
(1982)
Writer
The Beauty of Heaven and Hell
(1982)
Writer
White skinned beauty
(1983)
Writer
Beauty in the Flame
(1984)
Writer
A Watcher in the Attic
(1994)
Short Story
Edogawa Rampo Theater: The Man Who Travels With Prints
(1994)
Writer
The Mystery of Rampo
(1995)
Original Story
Secret Liaisons
(1995)
Novel
The Human Chair
(1997)
Novel
Murder on D Street
(1998)
Original Story
Gemini
(1999)
Story
Blind Beast vs Dwarf Killer
(2001)
Novel
Kogoro Akechi vs Kaijin Nijyuu Menso
(2002)
Author
Zero Woman 2005
(2004)
Screenplay
Rampo Noir
(2005)
Original Story
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
(2008)
Novel
Caterpillar
(2010)
Original Story
Lost Love Murder
(2010)
Story
Black Lizard
(2015)
Original Story
The Crawler In The Attic
(2016)
Writer
The Traveler with the Pasted Rag Picture
(2018)
Novel
Black Lizard
(2019)
Story
Super Juvenile Detective Team NEO Beginning
(2019)
Original Series Creator
Moebius no Akujo - Akai Heiya
(2020)
Writer
The Butterfly Collector: The Red Room
(2021)
Original Story
Naked Angel : The Red Room
(2021)
Original Concept
Kaykobad
(2021)
Story
お勢、断行
(2022)
Original Story