Tōru Iwatani
Japanese video game designer, creator of Pac-Man (born 1955)
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Born 1955 · age 71Japan
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Updated 2026-06-22
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.
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- CEDEC Awards - Special Award
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