PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce power consumption of an RF coil while ensuring the size of a bore.SOLUTION: The upper half Da of a ring D1 of a birdcage coil 22 has an upper half shape of a circle with a radius ra centering on a reference axis A, while the lower half Db of the ring D1 has a lower half shape of an ellipse with a major axis length of 2ra and a minor axis length of rb(