Tōru Iwatani

Tōru Iwatani
岩谷徹
Iwatani at the 2011 Game Developers Conference
Born (1955-01-25) January 25, 1955
Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
OccupationVideo game designer
Years active1980–present
Known forCreator 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.