Provided is a wire gripper that can make it easier to lift its tip being grasped by fingers. A wire gripper 10 includes: a wire gripper body member 12 including a fixed gripping body 20 and a coupling member guide 26; an operating member 14 pivotably mounted to the wire gripper body member 12; a movable gripping body member 16 including a linear body holding portion 22; and a coupling member 18 coupled to the operating member 14 through a rotary shaft 72 for pivotally moving the operating member 14, wherein a larger weight is allocated to the wire gripper body member 12, the operating member 14, and the movable gripping body member 16 than the coupling member 18 to thus establish weight distribution whereby a more weight is allocated in a direction in which the coupling member 18 is pushed back than in a direction in which the coupling member 18 is pulled; a grasp portion 500 for grasping the wire gripper is provided in a region near the center of gravity and on the pulling side of the coupling member 18; and the grasp portion 500 is composed of a coupling member body of the coupling member 18 and the coupling member guide 26 provided projecting downward at the pulling side of the wire gripper body member 12, the grasp portion being formed so that the grasp portion can be grasped by a finger and / or a palm.