A nozzle plate in which plural nozzles that eject ink droplets onto a recording medium are formed includes: a base plate that forms a nozzle plate main body; a water-repellent plate laminated on a surface of the base plate and having water repellency; and the nozzles formed by at least one of through holes formed in the base plate and the water-repellent plate and having continuous surfaces of joint portions of the base plate and the water-repellent plate in those through holes, and a thickness of the water-repellent plate is approximately 4 to 30 .mu.m.