A nonaqueous secondary battery 100A has a negative electrode sheet 240A in which a negative electrode active material layer 243A is held by a negative electrode current collector 241A. Contained within the negative electrode active material layer 243A is a binder 730 which includes a rubber-based binder or a resin having a binder function. The rubber-based binder or the resin having a binder function is abundantly present, within the negative electrode active material layer 243A, in a surface vicinity A1 of the negative electrode active material layer 243A.