INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

An internal combustion engine having a combustion chamber 12 defined by a piston 11 and a cylinder 10, and a fuel injection valve 20 having a plurality of injection holes 101 ¼ 106 and arranged so as to inject fuel directly inside the cylinder 10 from the side of the combustion chamber 12. The plurality of injection holes 101 ¼ 106 are configured so that the central axes of a plurality of sprays injected from said plurality of injection holes 101 - 106 in the fuel injection valve 20 are oriented toward a boundary portion opposite the fuel injection valve 20 formed at the piston position by the crown surface of the piston I I and the inner wall of the cylinder 10 when fuel is injected.