PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a microneedle array and a method for manufacturing the microneedle array that makes it possible to easily manufacture a shape with a high aspect ratio, a shape with a barb, or a complex shape having a mechanism such as a valve.SOLUTION: The microneedle array comprises a pair of half-split microneedle-array elements each having a half-split needle with a flow passage and a chemical outlet hole. The method for manufacturing the microneedle array comprises: preparing the pair of half-split microneedle-array elements each having a half-split needle with a flow passage and a chemical outlet hole; and bonding the pair of microneedle-array elements together to obtain a microneedle array.