To provide a method for casting a light alloy wheel for a vehicle capable of reducing the casting defect and restraining deterioration of a die coating agent.

In the method for casting the light alloy wheel for the vehicle capable of locating a side gate on the cavity consisting of a rim section and of pouring the molten metal from the side gate, a method for casting the light alloy wheel for the vehicle characterized by the feature that the pouring is performed so that the pouring direction in the opening section where the side gate is located in the rim section has an inclination on an axial cross section against an opposed direction to the wheel axis from the opening section.