An optical scanning apparatus includes a fixing member having a through hole at a center portion and configured to fix an exit end portion in a state penetrating through the through hole, a holding member configured to hold the fixing member in a cantilevered manner, and an actuator section including a first drive section, provided on an outer surface of the fixing member, configured to swing, in a first direction, the exit end portion protruding from a distal end portion of the fixing member, and a second drive section, provided on an outer surface of the fixing member, configured to swing, in a second direction different from the first direction, the exit end portion protruding from the distal end portion of the fixing member, where at least one of the fixing member, the holding member, and the actuator section includes a part that is formed in such a way that a shape seen in the first direction from a center axis passing through a center of the through hole and a shape seen in the second direction from the center axis are asymmetric.
