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- Birth nameTarô Hirai
- Rampo Edogawa was born on October 21, 1894 in Nabari-machi, Naga-gun, Mie Prefecture, Japan [now Nabari City, Mie Prefecture]. Rampo was a writer, known for Edogawa Rampo no bijo (1977), Shonen tanteidan: Teki wa genshisenkoutei (1959) and Shonen tanteidan: Kabutomushi no yoki (1957). Rampo died on July 28, 1965.
- Is a fan of Edgar Allan Poe and structured his pen name to be reminiscent of the Japanese pronunciation of Poe's name.
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