The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide an absorbent body which is soft and unlikely to twist or kink. The disclosed absorbent body is configured as an absorbent body (3) for use in an absorbent article, the absorbent body (3) being characterized: by containing thermoplastic resin fibers (6) and cellulose-based water-absorbing fibers (7) in that at least some of the thermoplastic resin fibers (6) have a first section (6) exposed on the surface (8) on the liquid-permeable-layer side of the absorbent body (3), a second section (6) exposed on the surface (9) on the non-liquid-permeable-layer side of the absorbent body (3), and a connecting section (6) for connecting the first section (6) and the second section (6) and in that the tensile strength of the absorbent body (3) in the thickness direction thereof is 100Pa or higher.
