This optical fiber cable branching member comprises: a branching member main body; a cable fixing part for holding and fixing, to the branching member main body, the end portion of the sheath of an optical fiber cable that includes a first optical fiber core wire bundle and a sheath covering the periphery of the first optical fiber core wire bundle and having tensile-strength bodies embedded along the longitudinal direction of the cable; and a tube fixing part for fixing, to the branching member main body, a plurality of protective tubes each of which covers and protects the periphery of each of a plurality of second optical fiber core wire bundles branched from the first optical fiber core wire bundle extending from the end portion of the sheath.
