A puncture needle for an ultrasound endoscope is provided in which: a needle tube has a side hole configured in such a manner that, among a tube wall of the needle tube at a side more distal than a curved shape part, a part of a tube wall is cut off, the tube wall crossing a plane including a central line of the curved shape part, the tube wall being positioned on the inside of a curve of the curved shape part, and a wire being capable of being delivered from the side hole； and at least a part of the wire is positioned at the curved shape part in a state that the wire is stretched and loaded into the needle tube.
