[Problem] To provide high-strength metallurgical coke having a pore structure, which is not known in the prior art, using a coal (a low-inert coal) having a low content of inert components, and a method of manufacturing same. [Solution] Coke is obtained by carbonizing a blended coal, which is composed of a plurality of brands of coals and obtained by blending 10-75 mass% of a low-inert coal having a maximum fluidity of 80-3,000 ddpm and a total inert content of 3.5-11.7 vol.%, wherein the ratio of the total sectional area of pores having a circularity of 0.8 or more among large pores having diameters of 100 m to 3 mm in the coke to the total sectional area of the large pores is 10% or more.