ENGINE START CONTROLLER FOR HYBRID VEHICLE, AND HYBRID VEHICLE

A hybrid vehicle (10) has, as drive sources of the hybrid vehicle (10), an engine (20) and a motor (40) mutually coupled via a clutch (30). An engine start controller (1) for the hybrid vehicle (10) includes: a clutch transmission torque control section (61) that controls transmission torque of the clutch (30) on the basis of a predicted engine speed value at the time of starting the engine (20) using the motor (40) via the clutch (30); and a predicted engine speed value setting section (62) that sets the predicted engine speed value on the basis of a stop crank position of the engine (20).