A pneumatic tire comprising: a tread portion having an outboard tread edge to be positioned away from the center of a vehicle body and an inboard tread edge to be positioned close to the center of the vehicle body, the tread portion provided with main grooves extending continuously in the tire circumferential direction, and including an inboard shoulder main groove on the most inboard tread edge side, and an inboard shoulder land region defined between the inboard shoulder main groove and the inboard tread edge, the inboard shoulder land region provided with a plurality of inboard shoulder rug grooves extending axially inwardly from the inboard tread edge to have respective inner ends within the inboard shoulder land region, inboard connecting sipes respectively extending from the inner ends of the inboard shoulder rug grooves to the inboard shoulder main groove, and a plurality of inboard shoulder sipes extending from the inboard tread edge to the inboard shoulder main groove, the inboard shoulder sipes include a bent inboard shoulder sipe, the bent inboard shoulder sipe comprising a straight outer part extending axially inwardly from the inboard tread edge, and a straight inner part extending to the inboard shoulder main groove at a flexion angle with respect to the straight outer part, wherein the axial length of the straight inner part is more than the axial length of the inboard connecting sipe, and characterized in that the angles with respect to the tire axial direction of the inboard connecting sipes are more than the angles (θ1) with respect to the tire axial direction of the inboard shoulder rug grooves. a tread portion having an outboard tread edge to be positioned away from the center of a vehicle body and an inboard tread edge to be positioned close to the center of the vehicle body, the tread portion provided with main grooves extending continuously in the tire circumferential direction, and including an inboard shoulder main groove on the most inboard tread edge side, and an inboard shoulder land region defined between the inboard shoulder main groove and the inboard tread edge, the inboard shoulder land region provided with a plurality of inboard shoulder rug grooves extending axially inwardly from the inboard tread edge to have respective inner ends within the inboard shoulder land region, inboard connecting sipes respectively extending from the inner ends of the inboard shoulder rug grooves to the inboard shoulder main groove, and a plurality of inboard shoulder sipes extending from the inboard tread edge to the inboard shoulder main groove, a plurality of inboard shoulder rug grooves extending axially inwardly from the inboard tread edge to have respective inner ends within the inboard shoulder land region, inboard connecting sipes respectively extending from the inner ends of the inboard shoulder rug grooves to the inboard shoulder main groove, and a plurality of inboard shoulder sipes extending from the inboard tread edge to the inboard shoulder main groove, the inboard shoulder sipes include a bent inboard shoulder sipe, the bent inboard shoulder sipe comprising a straight outer part extending axially inwardly from the inboard tread edge, and a straight inner part extending to the inboard shoulder main groove at a flexion angle with respect to the straight outer part, wherein the axial length of the straight inner part is more than the axial length of the inboard connecting sipe, and characterized in that the angles with respect to the tire axial direction of the inboard connecting sipes are more than the angles (θ1) with respect to the tire axial direction of the inboard shoulder rug grooves.