A high strength steel sheet comprising a center part of sheet thickness and a surface soft part formed at one side or both sides of the center part of sheet thickness, wherein at a cross-section of the high strength steel sheet, metal structures at the center part of sheet thickness comprise, by area ratio, tempered martensite: 85% or more, one or more of ferrite, bainite, pearlite, and retained austenite: total of less than 15%, and as-quenched martensite: less than 5%, metal structures of the surface soft part comprise, by area ratio, ferrite: 65% or more, pearlite: 5% or more and less than 20%, one or more of tempered martensite, bainite, and retained austenite: total of less than 10%, and as-quenched martensite: less than 5%, a thickness of the surface soft part formed at one side or both sides is more than 10 μm and 15% or less of the sheet thickness, an average distance between pearlite and pearlite at the surface soft part is 3 μm or more, a Vickers hardness Hc of the center part of sheet thickness and a Vickers hardness Hs of the surface soft part satisfy 0.50≤Hs/Hc≤0.75, a chemical composition of the center part of sheet thickness comprises, by mass%, C: 0.10% or more and 0.30% or less, Si: 0.01% or more and 2.5% or less, Al: 0% or more and 2.50% or less, Mn: 0.1% or more and 10.0% or less, P: 0.10% or less, S: 0.050% or less, N: 0.0100% or less, O: 0.0060% or less, Cr: 0% or more and 5.0% or less, Mo: 0% or more and 1.00% or less, B: 0% or more and 0.0100% or less, Nb: 0% or more and 0.30% or less, Ti: 0% or more and 0.30% or less, V: 0% or more or 0.50% or less, Ni: 0% or more and 1.00% or less, Cu: 0% or more and 1.00% or less, Ca: 0% or more and 0.040% or less, Mg: 0% or more and 0.040% or less, REMs: 0% or more and 0.040% or less and a balance of Fe and impurities, wherein the area ratios of the metal structures, the average distance between pearlite and pearlite of the surface soft part and the Vickers hardness are measured as set out in the description. at a cross-section of the high strength steel sheet, metal structures at the center part of sheet thickness comprise, by area ratio, tempered martensite: 85% or more, one or more of ferrite, bainite, pearlite, and retained austenite: total of less than 15%, and as-quenched martensite: less than 5%, metal structures of the surface soft part comprise, by area ratio, ferrite: 65% or more, pearlite: 5% or more and less than 20%, one or more of tempered martensite, bainite, and retained austenite: total of less than 10%, and as-quenched martensite: less than 5%, a thickness of the surface soft part formed at one side or both sides is more than 10 μm and 15% or less of the sheet thickness, an average distance between pearlite and pearlite at the surface soft part is 3 μm or more, a Vickers hardness Hc of the center part of sheet thickness and a Vickers hardness Hs of the surface soft part satisfy 0.50≤Hs/Hc≤0.75, a chemical composition of the center part of sheet thickness comprises, by mass%, C: 0.10% or more and 0.30% or less, Si: 0.01% or more and 2.5% or less, Al: 0% or more and 2.50% or less, Mn: 0.1% or more and 10.0% or less, P: 0.10% or less, S: 0.050% or less, N: 0.0100% or less, O: 0.0060% or less, Cr: 0% or more and 5.0% or less, Mo: 0% or more and 1.00% or less, B: 0% or more and 0.0100% or less, Nb: 0% or more and 0.30% or less, Ti: 0% or more and 0.30% or less, V: 0% or more or 0.50% or less, Ni: 0% or more and 1.00% or less, Cu: 0% or more and 1.00% or less, Ca: 0% or more and 0.040% or less, Mg: 0% or more and 0.040% or less, REMs: 0% or more and 0.040% or less and a balance of Fe and impurities, wherein the area ratios of the metal structures, the average distance between pearlite and pearlite of the surface soft part and the Vickers hardness are measured as set out in the description. <EOS>