Shifter for automatic transmission

Disclosed is a shifter for an automatic transmission, which comprises: a gate plate (5) having a main gate and a sub-gate each formed therein; a shift lever (4) having a spherical portion (42) and being movable along the main gate and the sub-gate; and a transmission mode-switching member (3) for switching a shift mode of the automatic transmission according to a manual operation of the shift lever (4). The transmission mode-switching member (3) includes a switching member body (30) held in a swingable manner, and a lever holding section (35) integrally formed with the switching member body (30) to rotatably hold the spherical portion (42). The switching member body (30) is adapted, when the shift lever (4) is swingably moved from the main gate into the sub-gate about the spherical portion (42), to be uncoupled from the shift lever (4) so as to place the automatic transmission in a manual mode, and, when the shift lever (4) is returned from the sub-gate to the main gate, to be coupled to the shift lever (4) so as to return the automatic transmission to an automatic mode.