To provide a metal recovery method that has a low environmental impact and that can achieve metal recovery at low cost and with high efficiency. A metal recovery method including: mixing a liquid containing a metal ion with a yeast to adsorb the metal ion by the yeast in the resulting mixed liquid; separating the yeast from the mixed liquid obtained in the adsorption process; and recovering the metal ion from the yeast separated in the separation process, wherein the metal ion to be adsorbed by the yeast in the adsorption process is a rare earth ion and/or a precious metal ion.