Provided is an absorbent article that is capable of solving the problems regarding absorption capacity of a conventional absorbent article and the problems that occur due to a wearer's skin being exposed to a moist condition over an extended period of time. The absorbent article including: an absorbent article body that has a leak preventer in sheet form and an absorber capable of absorbing a bodily fluid, at least one layer thereof being arranged above the leak preventer; and a connection structure that is arranged from a front end part to a rear end part of the absorbent article body in the length direction via a front body, a crotch part and a rear body, the connection structure coupling to the absorbent article body at the front end part and the rear end part, wherein the connection structure has a pair of right and left belt-like supporters and a connection sheet, right and left edge parts of the connection sheet respectively coupling to the pair of right and left belt-like supporters, the connection sheet is configured to hang down, on the underside of the belt-like supporters, toward the absorber in the front body, the crotch part and the rear body, so as to form a bodily fluid reception canal with the vicinities of the right and left edge parts of the connection sheet serving as side surfaces and the vicinity of a center part of the connection sheet in the lateral direction serving as a bottom surface, and the bodily fluid reception canal enables the bodily fluid excreted from a wearer to be received and transferred to the absorber.