An upper surface 30 of an ejector 3 has a body portion-side upper surface portion 31 and a head portion-side upper surface portion 32, and the body portion-side upper surface portion 31 has a raised surface 311 that is tilted upward toward one side W1 in the lateral direction. An element blanking apparatus 1 moves a punch 4 and a pusher 5 downward to press a flat plate-like material 70 against a die 2 by the pusher 5, and presses the flat plate-like material 70 by the punch 4 and the ejector 3 to form a reduced thickness portion in a lower surface 701 of the flat plate-like material 70 by the body portion-side upper surface portion 31 so that the thickness of the reduced thickness portion gradually decreases toward the one side W1 in the lateral direction. The element blanking apparatus 1 then blanks an element by the punch 4 and a blanking blade 21.
