A guide wire that includes a core shaft that is made of a first material, a coil that is provided to cover an outer periphery of the core shaft and is formed by twisting a first wire made of the first material and a plurality of second wires made of a second material different from the first material, and a distal end joint that joints a distal end of the core shaft and a distal end of the coil, and the distal end joint is made of the first material and is continuous from the distal end of the core shaft and the distal end of the first wire, and the distal end joint wraps the distal ends of the plurality of second wires.