A driving apparatus includes a driving input gear with first gear teeth, a columnar shaft, and a driven gear that engages the driving input gear. The driven gear includes a cylindrical boss portion, a cylindrical rim portion, a web, and second gear teeth. The second gear teeth are formed at an outer peripheral surface of the rim portion. The first gear teeth are first helical teeth twisted in a first direction with respect to a direction that the rotary drive shaft extends. The second gear teeth are second helical teeth twisting in a second direction that is the opposite of the first direction. The rim portion is tapered, radially decreasing toward the end to which the web is linked. The through-hole of boss portion has an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of the shaft.