An endoscope includes a bending portion configured to be bent in a plurality of directions, a plurality of joint pieces that configure the bending portion, and cylindrical-shaped wire receivers provided so as to be fixed on an inner circumferential surface or an outer circumferential surface of at least one of the plurality of joint pieces, wherein an insertion direction of a wire is tilted in a circumferential direction with respect to a center axis of the joint pieces, and a direction in which the insertion direction of the wire in one of adjacent joint pieces of the joint pieces that are bent in a same bending direction is tilted is opposite to a direction in which the insertion direction of the wire in the other of the adjacent pieces is tilted.
