Toru Iwatani
- Birthday: 1/25/1955
- Place of birth: Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
- Fame for: Acting
- Also known as: Tōru Iwatani, 岩谷 徹, Iwatani Tōru
Biography
Toru Iwatani (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.