An endoscope includes: a shooting lens unit having a shooting lens and a housing which holds the shooting lens； a prism on which shooting light coming from the shooting lens shines； a prism holding structure which holds the prism and is attached to one end portion of the housing； an image area sensor which is attached to an exit face of the prism； a circuit board which drives the image area sensor； a transmission cable which is electrically connected to the circuit board； and a cable link structure one end portion of which is fastened to the transmission cable and other end portion of which is attached to a body structure having the prism holding structure and the housing, and the other end portion of the cable link structure is formed with a lock portion as defined herein.
