A lighting unit for a display device includes: a plurality of light sources which emits light; a wedge-shaped light guide having an incident surface disposed close to the light sources and an opposing surface disposed opposite the incident surface; and a lens sheet disposed on the light guide, where the lens sheet includes a plurality of lenses, each having an axis in a direction from the incident surface to the opposing surface, where the light guide is thinner at the incident surface than at the opposing surface, and a radius of curvature of each of the lenses is larger at the incident surface than the opposing surface.