An antibacterial material includes at least one microparticles selected from tungsten oxide microparticles and tungsten oxide complex microparticles. The microparticles, which are undergone a test to evaluate viable cell count by inoculating in a test piece, to which the microparticles are adhered in a range of 0.02 mg/cm 2 or more and 40 mg/cm 2 or less, at least one bacterium selected from among Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli, and storing for 24 hours, have an antibacterial activity value R of 0.1 or more expressed by the following: R = log B 1 / C 1 (where, B 1 denotes an average value (number) of viable cell count after storing an untreated test piece for 24 hours, and C 1 denotes an average value (number) of viable cell count after storing the test piece on which the microparticles are coated for 24 hours).
