A cell imaging apparatus captures images of cells contained in a liquid specimen comprising: an image capture unit including an objective lens, specimen cells each including an inner space which is capable of holding a liquid specimen and which is elongated in one direction, the specimen cells arranged such that the inner spaces are aligned in a row in a longitudinal direction of the inner spaces, a drive unit that moves at least one of: a) one or more specimen cells; and b) the objective lens; and a controller that controls the drive unit to move at least one of: a) one or more specimen cells; and b) the objective lens in the longitudinal direction and controls the image capture unit to capture images of cells contained in a liquid specimen held in the inner space of each of the specimen cells at multiple image capture positions.