Provided is a catheter capable of reliably receiving a retrograde guide wire through a mesh opening.A catheter 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a mesh member having a tubular shape and radially expandable and contractable; a first hollow shaft 120; a front end tip 130; a guiding film 160 disposed on the mesh member 110, the guiding film 160 having a front end located between a base end of the front end tip 130 and a front end of the first hollow shaft 120; a second hollow shaft 240 connected to the front end tip 130 and disposed so as to protrude in a space inside the mesh member 110 toward a base end side, the second hollow shaft 240 having a base end located between the front end of the first hollow shaft 120 and the base end of the front end tip 130; a core wire 250; and a holding member 280 having a substantially ring-like shape or a substantially C-like shape in a cross-sectional view, and provided at the core wire 250 to cover the second hollow shaft 240.