Tōru Iwatani
| Tōru Iwatani | |
|---|---|
| 岩谷徹 | |
| Iwatani at the 2011 Game Developers Conference | |
| Born | January 25, 1955 Meguro, Tokyo, Japan | 
| Occupation | Video game designer | 
| Years active | 1980–present | 
| Known for | Creator of Pac-Man | 
Tōru Iwatani (岩谷 徹, Iwatani Tōru, born January 25, 1955) is a Japanese video game designer who spent much of his career working for Namco. He is best known as the creator of the arcade game Pac-Man (1980). In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time.