A negative electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, the negative electrode comprising a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode mixture layer formed on the negative electrode current collector, the negative electrode mixture layer including a first layer formed on the negative electrode current collector and including a negative electrode active material and a first binding agent, the negative electrode active material, which is in the first layer, including a carbon material A and a Si-containing compound, the first binding agent including polyacrylic acid or a salt thereof, and a second layer formed on the first layer and including a negative electrode active material and a second binding agent, the negative electrode active material, which is in the second layer, including a carbon material B, wherein a mass of the first layer relative to a mass of the negative electrode mixture layer is 50 mass% or greater and less than 90 mass%, and a mass of the second layer relative to the mass of the negative electrode mixture layer is greater than 10 mass% and 50 mass% or less, and characterized in that the carbon material B having a tap density higher than a tap density of the carbon material A, wherein the carbon material A has a tap density in a range of 0.85 g/cm 3 to 0.95 g/cm 3 and that the carbon material B has a tap density in a range of 1.00 g/cm 3 to 1.25 g/cm 3 as measured according to the description, in that a packing density of the second layer is lower than a packing density of the first layer, wherein the second layer has a packing density in a range of 1.40 g/cm 3 to 1.55 g/cm 3 and that the first layer has a packing density in a range of 1.70 g/cm 3 to 1.95 g/cm 3 as measured according to the description, and in that the carbon material B has a BET specific surface area higher than a BET specific surface area of the carbon material A, wherein a BET specific surface area of the carbon material A is within a range of 0.9 m 2 /g to 4.5 m 2 /g, and a BET specific surface area of the carbon material B is within a range of 4.0 m 2 /g to 8.0 m 2 /g, as measured according to the description. the negative electrode mixture layer including a first layer formed on the negative electrode current collector and including a negative electrode active material and a first binding agent, the negative electrode active material, which is in the first layer, including a carbon material A and a Si-containing compound, the first binding agent including polyacrylic acid or a salt thereof, and a second layer formed on the first layer and including a negative electrode active material and a second binding agent, the negative electrode active material, which is in the second layer, including a carbon material B, wherein a mass of the first layer relative to a mass of the negative electrode mixture layer is 50 mass% or greater and less than 90 mass%, and a mass of the second layer relative to the mass of the negative electrode mixture layer is greater than 10 mass% and 50 mass% or less, and characterized in that the carbon material B having a tap density higher than a tap density of the carbon material A, wherein the carbon material A has a tap density in a range of 0.85 g/cm 3 to 0.95 g/cm 3 and that the carbon material B has a tap density in a range of 1.00 g/cm 3 to 1.25 g/cm 3 as measured according to the description, in that a packing density of the second layer is lower than a packing density of the first layer, wherein the second layer has a packing density in a range of 1.40 g/cm 3 to 1.55 g/cm 3 and that the first layer has a packing density in a range of 1.70 g/cm 3 to 1.95 g/cm 3 as measured according to the description, and in that the carbon material B has a BET specific surface area higher than a BET specific surface area of the carbon material A, wherein a BET specific surface area of the carbon material A is within a range of 0.9 m 2 /g to 4.5 m 2 /g, and a BET specific surface area of the carbon material B is within a range of 4.0 m 2 /g to 8.0 m 2 /g, as measured according to the description.