Electric shaver

An electric shaver comprising:

• a cutter frame,
• an outer cutter provided in said cutter frame, said outer cutter including a shaving surface having hair introduction openings, a side wall formed in continuous to said shaving surface, and corner slits formed in said side wall so as to communicate with said hair introduction openings, and
• an inner cutter formed with a plurality of inner cutter bodies that make sliding contact with an inside surface of said shaving surface of said outer cutter;
• said electric shaver further comprising at least one upright member which is provided, between said side wall and side end surfaces of said inner cutter bodies that face said side wall, in an upright attitude in a direction substantially perpendicular to said shaving surface of said outer cutter, said upright member being provided so that a tip end portion thereof can be caused to protrude further toward said shaving surface than end portions of said corner slits.