Sliding member, manufacturing method thereof, and coating film

A sliding member comprising:

• a coating film on a sliding surface on a base material,
• the coating film including, when a cross section thereof is observed by a bright-field TEM image, a laminated part configured by laminating, in a thickness direction, repeating units including black hard carbon layers, relatively shown in black, and white hard carbon layers, relatively shown in white, and a surface layer part composed of a white hard carbon layer provided on the laminated part,
• a Vickers hardness of the black hard carbon layer being within a range of 700 to 1600 HV, a Vickers hardness of the white hard carbon layer being higher than a Vickers hardness of the black hard carbon layer adjacent thereto and within a range of 1200 to 2200 HV, and a Vickers hardness of the surface layer part being lower than the Vickers hardness of the white hard carbon layer and within a range of 800 to 1200 HV.