A novel organic compound suitable for blue light emission and an organic light-emitting device containing the novel organic compound are provided. An organic compound represented by the following general formula (1) wherein R1 to R18 independently denote a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted amino group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group.