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'''Tarō Hirai'''/平井 太郎/Hirai Tarō (October 21, 1894 – July 28, 1965), better known by the [[pseudonym]]
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]].
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* [[Punny Name]]: As noted in the main text and footnote, his pen name is simply "Edgar Allan Poe" rendered through the Japanese syllabary.
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