To prevent a sheet material from separating from the transport cylinder in a liquid transfer method and a liquid transfer apparatus for a sheet material, and thereby to improve the transfer quality.

An edge 72a of a whole surface coating section 72 on a front surface of the sheet on the downstream side in a sheet convey direction is positioned to the upstream side in the sheet convey direction, longer by the length than an edge 73a of a whole surface coating section 73 on a back surface of the sheet on the downstream side in a sheet convey direction. An edge 72b of a whole surface coating section 72 on the upstream side in a sheet convey direction is positioned to the downstream side in the sheet convey direction, longer by the length than an edge 73b of the whole surface coating section 73 on the upstream side in a sheet convey direction.