A recording medium transport device has: a transport roller unit that nips a recording medium and transports it to a recording area, the transport roller unit including a transport roller and plural pinch rollers for nipping and transporting the recording medium; a pinch roller holder body that pivotally supports the plural pinch rollers to be pressed to the transport roller, the pinch roller holder body including a base part to be attached to a frame and plural support parts for supporting the pinch rollers respectively, the base part and the support parts being integrally formed and integrally connected to each other through thin coupling parts long in a width direction of the recording medium; and plural urging units provided on the support parts respectively for elastically urging a tip side of each of the support parts toward the transport roller.