Rear vehicle-body structure of vehicle

A rear vehicle-body structure of a vehicle, including, on a vehicle rear side:

• a pair of left and right rear side frames that extend in a vehicle front-rear direction;
• a cross member that connects the rear side frames to each other in a vehicle width direction;
• and a rear header that extends in the vehicle width direction on an upper side of a lift gate opening,
• the vehicle-body structure comprising:
• a pair of left and right suspension mounting portions disposed on lower surfaces of the rear side frames and in a substantially same position as the cross member in the vehicle front-rear direction;
• a pair of left and right rear wheel wells disposed on a vehicle rear side with respect to the cross member and each having an upper end having a damper top on which an upper end of a suspension damper is mounted;
• a pair of left and right side braces that each connect a place near the cross member and a place near the damper top to each other in the vehicle up-down direction;
• and
• a pair of left and right connecting members that each connect the place near the damper top and a place near each end portion of the rear header in the vehicle width direction to each other, wherein
• the cross member, the pair of left and right side braces, the pair of left and right connecting members, and the rear header form an annular structure that is substantially annular in front view.