It is an object to provide the manufacturing method for the friction material (4) which maintains the quality of the friction material (4) and reduces the cost of the facilities and the maintenance cost. The manufacturing method for a friction material (4) comprising a molding step of the friction material (4) as pressurizing and heating a molding material made of a raw friction material within a molding die with an upper die (1), a middle die (2), and a lower die (3), wherein a temperature of the upper die (1) and the lower die (3) in said molding step is 190° C.-230° C. and a pressure thereof is 0.05 MP-10 MP.