A reception circuit that receives data in serial communications through a plurality of lanes includes a plurality of buffers provided for each of the plurality of lanes that each stores data received through corresponding lane, a multilane control circuit that detects the skew between the lanes, and outputs an adjustment instruction for adjusting a read address of a buffer and a deskew information indicating that a skew adjustment between which buffer the lanes is to be performed based on the detected skew, and a plurality of address control circuits provided for each of the plurality of lanes that each transmits the adjustment instruction to a corresponding buffer when receiving the deskew information, wherein the buffer that has received the adjustment instruction adjusting its read address.