Display device

A display device comprising:

• a display component including a display area and a non-display area;
• a light source;
• and
• a light guide component including a light entering surface through which light from the light source enters and a light exiting surface through which the light entering through the light entering surface exits toward the display area, wherein
• the light guide component comprises:
• a first light guide plate being disposed behind the display area and including a plate surface with an area larger than the display area, the plate surface including the light exiting surface;
• a second light guide plate being disposed adjacent to the light source and lateral to the first light guide plate and including an end surface including the light entering surface;
• and
• a joint member being disposed behind the non-display area, the joint member including two openings in which a first end of the first light guide plate and a first end of the second light guide plate are inserted, respectively, to join the first light guide plate and the second light guide plate together, and
• a space is present between the first light guide plate and the second light guide plate and surrounded by the joint member.