[Problems] To achieve a sufficient antibacterial performance without damaging absorbing ability with the use of a filament assembly as an absorbent element [Means for Solving Problems] In a disposable diaper including an upper-layer absorbent body (56A) positioned on a top sheet (30) side and a lower-layer absorbent body adjacent to an under side of the upper-layer absorbent body , an absorbent element (50), which receives and retains a liquid having permeated through the top sheet (30), comprises the upper-layer absorbent body (56A) formed by an filament assembly in which a large number of filaments (52) are continued in a front-back direction of the article, and the lower-layer absorbent body (56B) formed by scattering antibacterial particles (51) in a fiber assembly in which a large number of short fibers are irregularly assembled.
