Provided is a novel manufacturing method for a conical hollow needle that makes it possible to efficiently form a conical part that has a nearly perfectly circular outer circumferential
surface shape. The present invention is a method of manufacturing a conical hollow needle 10 that has a conical part 24 that has a tapered outer circumferential surface 20. The manufacturing method involves immersing a hollow needle 10' having a straight shape in an
electrolyte solution 30 to conically electropolish an outer circumferential surface 24'. From a start to an end of the
electropolishing, the hollow needle 10', which serves as an
anode, is sandwiched between a pair of cathodes 34, 34 at a prescribed distance therefrom in a radial direction, and the hollow needle 10' is rotated around a needle axis thereof to change which faces of the hollow needle 10' are opposite to the cathodes 34, 34.