Provided is a suturing needle, which can be reliably held by a needle holder, which can transmit a high thrust, and which can reduce the fear of damaging a patient and the deformation when a strong force acts. The suturing needle has a representative constitution including a needle tip portion (1) having a needle tip (1a) for piercing the tissues, a tapered portion (2) continuing to the needle tip portion (1), a trunk portion (3) continuing to the tapered portion (2), and a thread attaching portion (4) continuing to the trunk portion (3) for connecting the suturing thread. The suturing needle is characterized in that the needle tip portion (1) is formed to have a circular section continuing to the sharp needle tip (1a), an angular section continuing to the sharp needle tip (1a), a circular section continuing to the blunt needle tip (1a) or an angular section continuing to the blunt needle tip (1a), in that the tapered portion (2) is formed to become gradually thicker from the needle tip portion (1) to the trunk portion (3), in that the trunk portion (3) is formed to have a substantially triangular section, the upper face of which is formed of a wave shape having at least two ridges and the slopes of which are formed of two flat faces, in that the trunk portion (3) is also formed to have relations of R1≧R2≧R3, when a peak (5) or the joint portion between the two flat faces has a diameter of R1, when the crest of the ridges has a roundness of R2, and when a valley (7) has a roundness of R3, in that the valley (7) is formed to correspond partially to the peak (5), and in that the thickness becomes continuously larger from the tapered portion (2) to the trunk portion (3).