OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL CONNECTOR

An optical connecting component configures to be mounted onto an optical component includes a plurality of optical fibers and terminal components disposed at the ends of the plurality of optical fibers. The optical fibers are arranged side by side and integrated together in a state in which the optical fibers can be separated from one another. A method of manufacturing an optical connecting component that includes a plurality of optical fibers and a terminal component disposed at ends of the plurality of optical fibers and that is mounted onto an optical component includes a step of arranging the plurality of optical fibers side by side and integrating the plurality of optical fibers together, a step of connecting end portions of the plurality of optical fibers to the terminal component, and a step of separating the plurality of optical fibers from one another.