Sliding component

A sliding component comprising a pair of sliding members being slidable relative to each other on sliding surfaces of the sliding members,

• wherein at least one of the sliding surfaces includes a dimple group in which a plurality of dimples is arranged, each of the dimples having an opening portion a shape of which has a long axis and a short axis orthogonal to the long axis,
• the dimple group includes:
• a clockwise dimple group in which the dimples are arranged in a clockwise direction from an inner diameter side to an outer diameter side of the one of the sliding surfaces;
• and
• a counterclockwise dimple group in which the dimples are arranged in a counterclockwise direction from the inner diameter side to the outer diameter side of the one of the sliding surfaces,
• the clockwise dimple group includes a first dimple group in which the long axes of the dimples are aligned, and the counterclockwise dimple group includes a second dimple group in which the long axes of the dimples are aligned, and
• the clockwise dimple group includes a third dimple group in which the short axes of the dimples constituting the second dimple group are aligned, and the counterclockwise dimple group includes a fourth dimple group in which the short axes of the dimples constituting the first dimple group are aligned.