<;P>;PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a disposable diaper capable of allowing a feces pocket arranged in an absorbent body to reliably function as a feces storage space. <;P>;SOLUTION: The disposable diaper includes the absorbent body 4 which is held between a liquid permeable top sheet 3 and a back sheet 2. The feces pocket 4a, which is cut out in substantially a prescribed surface shape or recessed from the side of a body in the absorbent body 4, is formed within a range including the feces discharge part of the absorbent body 4 or in a part near the feces discharge part. Elastic and expansible members 11, 11 are arranged at least in both side parts over the feces pocket 4a and also between the absorbent body 4 and the back sheet 2 along the longitudinal direction of the diaper. <;P>;COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT