The present invention relates to a peptide having anticancer activity, and a pharmaceutical composition, health functional food composition and functional cosmetic composition for preventing and treating cancer including the same as an active ingredient, and more particularly, to a peptide set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the peptide binds to a transcription factor CP2c and has prophylactic and therapeutic activities against cancer, and a pharmaceutical composition, a health functional food composition and a functional cosmetic composition for preventing and treating cancer including the same as an active ingredient. Tyr-Pro-Gln-Arg.