A data recovery method includes the steps of: (a) oversampling data that have been transmitted serially in sync with a first clock of frequency f1, using a multiphase clock generated by shifting a phase of a second clock of frequency f2 at a prescribed interval, the second frequency f2 of the multiphase clock being at or below the first frequency f1; (b) extracting f1/f2 bits on average from the oversampled data; and (c) recovering the extracted bits to restore the received data.