To provide a driving device and a manufacturing method of the driving device, capable of stably fixing a shape memory alloy, without causing difficulties in downsizing the device, and without adversely affecting the performance of the shape memory alloy.

This driving device equipped with the string-shaped shape memory alloy as a driving source, includes a base member constituting a basis of the driving device, and a rod-like member which penetrates the base member and is made of metal fixed onto this base member. The driving device is characterized in that the rod-like member is caulked on one end side of the rod-like member, and the shape memory alloy is pinch-held in-between, and a power feeding connecting part to supply an electric current to the shape memory alloy is arranged on the other end side of the rod-like member.