# Tōru Iwatani

> Tōru Iwatani  is a Japanese video game designer who spent much of his career working for Namco. He is best known and commemorated for being 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.

*Japanese video game designer, creator of Pac-Man (born 1955)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/toru-iwatani

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Actor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Actors
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1955-01-25
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 4.4 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 22.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1136565/ (@nm1136565)

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Toru_Iwatani)
- [تورو إيواتاني](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A)
- [تورو ايواتانى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89)
- [Тору Иватани](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8)
- [Toru Iwatani](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toru_Iwatani)
- [Tōru Iwatani](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dru_Iwatani)
- [Tōru Iwatani](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dru_Iwatani)
- [Tōru Iwatani](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dru_Iwatani)
- [Toru Iwatani](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toru_Iwatani)
- [تورو ایواتانی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C)
- [Tōru Iwatani](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dru_Iwatani)
- [Tōru Iwatani](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dru_Iwatani)
- [טורו איוואטאני](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%95_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%98%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%99)
- [Տորու Իվատանի](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8F%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82_%D4%BB%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB)
- [Toru Iwatani](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toru_Iwatani)
- [Tōru Iwatani](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dru_Iwatani)
- [岩谷徹 (ゲームクリエイター)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A9%E8%B0%B7%E5%BE%B9_(%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC))
- [Tōru Iwatani](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dru_Iwatani)
- [Toru Iwatani](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toru_Iwatani)
- [Иватани, Тору](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83)
- [Toru Iwatani](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toru_Iwatani)
- [Toru Iwatani](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toru_Iwatani)
- [Tōru Iwatani](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dru_Iwatani)
- [Toru Ivatani](https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toru_Ivatani)
- [岩谷彻](https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A9%E8%B0%B7%E5%BD%BB)
- [岩谷徹](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A9%E8%B0%B7%E5%BE%B9)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q956020)
- [Toru Iwatani](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1683836)

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