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'''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), 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 "[[The Boy Detectives Club|Boy Detective's Gang]]"/ (少年探偵団/, "Shōnen tantei dan").

Ranpo was an admirer of Western [[mystery fiction|mystery]] writers, and especially of [[Edgar Allan Poe]]. His pen name is a rendering of Poe's name.<ref>"Edgar Allan Poe" → 「エドガー・アラン・ポー ("Edogaa aran poo")」 → "Edogaaaranpo" → "Edogawa ranpo"(えどがわ・らんぽ) → 江戸川乱歩． The Edo River (in Japanese, Edogawa) empties into Tokyo Bay. Rampo means "random walk".</ref> 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]].