Side vehicle body structure for vehicle and method for manufacturing vehicle pillar member

A side vehicle body structure for a vehicle which includes a roof side rail disposed on a side of a vehicle body so as to extend in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and a pillar disposed so as to extend downward in a vertical direction of the vehicle body from the roof side rail and forming a closed section that is continuous in the vertical direction of the vehicle body, wherein

• the pillar includes a pillar member that has a body panel forming at least a part of the closed section and joined at its upper end to the roof side rail and a reinforcing panel placed on and joined to a part of the body panel,
• the body panel includes a side face portion extending in the vertical direction of the vehicle body so as to form an outer side face of the closed section in a lateral direction of the vehicle body and coupled at its upper end to the roof side rail, a first ridge portion extending in the vertical direction of the vehicle body along a front edge of the side face portion, and a second ridge portion extending in the vertical direction of the vehicle body along a rear edge of the side face portion,
• the first ridge portion includes a first straight portion extending straight in a longitudinal direction of the side face portion and a first curved portion extending upward toward front of the vehicle body from an upper end of the first straight portion to an upper end of the first ridge portion,
• the second ridge portion includes a second straight portion extending straight in the longitudinal direction of the side face portion and a second curved portion extending upward toward rear of the vehicle body from an upper end of the second straight portion to an upper end of the second ridge portion, and
• the reinforcing panel includes a main reinforcing portion disposed so as to extend in the longitudinal direction of the side face portion along the first straight portion, the second straight portion, and a portion of the body panel which connects the first straight portion and the second straight portion, a first upper-end reinforcing portion disposed so as to extend upward toward the front of the vehicle body from an upper edge of the main reinforcing portion along the first curved portion, and a second upper-end reinforcing portion disposed so as to extend upward toward the rear of the vehicle body from the upper edge of the main reinforcing portion along the second curved portion.