The present invention provides a semiconductor apparatus for improving a switching speed and a withstand voltage, and a manufacturing method of the semiconductor apparatus. The semiconductor apparatus of the invention including a first conductive type semiconductor substrate, a first conductive type first semiconductor region with an impurity concentration lower than that of the semiconductor substrate and formed on a first principal surface of the semiconductor substrate, a second conductive type second semiconductor region formed in a surface region of the first semiconductor region and which forms a PN junction with the first semiconductor region, a contact region including a part of the first semiconductor region and a part of the second semiconductor region, an insulating layer having an opening part through which at least the contact region are exposed, a first electrode formed so as to be in contact with at least the contact region and a second electrode formed on a second principal surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the second semiconductor region, viewed from a direction perpendicular to the first principal surface includes a first region in which a plurality of islands of the second semiconductor are aligned with intervals and a second region which connects each end of the islands of the first region each other.