Zenigata Heiji
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Zenigata Heiji (銭形 平次, Zenigata Heiji) is a Japanese fictional character, the hero of a series of Japanese novels, films and TV programmes set in the Edo period (1603–1868) of Japanese history. He is a policeman (岡っ引き, okappiki) who catches criminals by throwing coins, the zeni of the title, thus Zenigata Heiji. The hero was created by novelist Kodō Nomura (野村胡堂, Nomura Kodō) in 1931. Heiji's beat is Myōjin-shita, "beneath the (Kanda) Myōjin shrine".
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First appearance | 1931 |
Created by | Kodō Nomura |
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Gender | Male |
Occupation | Consulting detective |
Nationality | Japanese |
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