A plunger type high-pressure fuel pump comprising: a cylinder provided in the pump; a plunger provided slidably in the cylinder and reciprocated according to rotation of a cam; a fluid pressurizing chamber provided in the pump, and a capacity of the chamber changes with reciprocation of the plunger; defined between the plunger and the cylinder; an electromagnetic valve provided in a space defined between the pressurizing chamber and a fluid suction passage; and a discharge valve provided in a space defined between the pressurizing chamber and a fluid discharge passage; wherein the electromagnetic valve includes: a valve member including a suction valve opening and closing an inlet side of the pressurizing chamber; an elastic member for biasing the valve member in a valve-closing direction; a solenoid coil adapted to displace the valve member in an opening direction; an anchor made of a magnetic material operated by electromagnetic force of the solenoid coil provided with the valve member; and a core forming a magnetic circuit to attract the anchor in an opening direction by the electromagnetic force and dividing the inside of the electromagnetic valve into a hermetically closed space and an external space communicating with the fluid suction passage, the anchor or the core is provided with a fluid passage through which fluid can flow between the hermetically closed space and the external space formed by the anchor and the core, respectively when the suction valve is in an opened state characterized in that the fluid passage being one of a radially fluid-passage groove (43,47,48) or a fluid passage hole (41,42) and the suction valve is directly opening and closing the inlet side of the fluid pressurizing chamber. a cylinder provided in the pump; a plunger provided slidably in the cylinder and reciprocated according to rotation of a cam; a fluid pressurizing chamber provided in the pump, and a capacity of the chamber changes with reciprocation of the plunger; defined between the plunger and the cylinder; an electromagnetic valve provided in a space defined between the pressurizing chamber and a fluid suction passage; and a discharge valve provided in a space defined between the pressurizing chamber and a fluid discharge passage; wherein the electromagnetic valve includes: a valve member including a suction valve opening and closing an inlet side of the pressurizing chamber; an elastic member for biasing the valve member in a valve-closing direction; a solenoid coil adapted to displace the valve member in an opening direction; an anchor made of a magnetic material operated by electromagnetic force of the solenoid coil provided with the valve member; and a core forming a magnetic circuit to attract the anchor in an opening direction by the electromagnetic force and dividing the inside of the electromagnetic valve into a hermetically closed space and an external space communicating with the fluid suction passage, the anchor or the core is provided with a fluid passage through which fluid can flow between the hermetically closed space and the external space formed by the anchor and the core, respectively when the suction valve is in an opened state characterized in that the fluid passage being one of a radially fluid-passage groove (43,47,48) or a fluid passage hole (41,42) and the suction valve is directly opening and closing the inlet side of the fluid pressurizing chamber. a valve member including a suction valve opening and closing an inlet side of the pressurizing chamber; an elastic member for biasing the valve member in a valve-closing direction; a solenoid coil adapted to displace the valve member in an opening direction; an anchor made of a magnetic material operated by electromagnetic force of the solenoid coil provided with the valve member; and a core forming a magnetic circuit to attract the anchor in an opening direction by the electromagnetic force and dividing the inside of the electromagnetic valve into a hermetically closed space and an external space communicating with the fluid suction passage, the anchor or the core is provided with a fluid passage through which fluid can flow between the hermetically closed space and the external space formed by the anchor and the core, respectively when the suction valve is in an opened state characterized in that the fluid passage being one of a radially fluid-passage groove (43,47,48) or a fluid passage hole (41,42) and the suction valve is directly opening and closing the inlet side of the fluid pressurizing chamber.