A resin composition is provided and includes (A) a modified polyphenylene ether compound terminal-modified with a substituent having a carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond, (B) a maleimide compound containing no phenylmaleimide group and having a hydrocarbon group having 10 or more carbon atoms in the molecule thereof, and (C) at least one selected from a maleimide compound containing a phenylmaleimide group and a maleimide compound having an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 9 or less carbon atoms in the molecule thereof, in which the content ratio of the component (A) to the component (B) is (A):(B)=20:80 to 90:10 in mass ratio.