The present invention addresses the problem of providing a method for manufacturing a multi-stage gear for which there is no gap between a small-diameter gear and a large-diameter gear, and addresses the problem of providing this multi-stage gear. This method manufactures a multi-stage gear by forming gears having different diameters on the outer circumferential surface of a hollow cylindrical member to be processed, and has a first step wherein a small-diameter gear is formed on the outer circumferential surface, a second step wherein the ends of the member to be processed undergo plastic deformation and the diameters thereof are enlarged to form large-diameter gear parts, and a third step wherein large-diameter gears are formed by cutting the large-diameter gear parts.