A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a negative electrode containing graphite particles as a negative electrode active material, a positive electrode containing a lithium-containing oxide of a transition metal or a lithium-containing phosphate of a transition metal as a positive electrode active material, and a non-aqueous electrolyte in which a lithium salt is dissolved in an organic solvent. The graphite particles have an exposed crystal face and are bonded with each other to be parallel to the orientation plane of each other, and the non-aqueous electrolyte contains a phosphate ester compound represented by the following general formula (1) to which an alkynyl group is bonded and/or an unsaturated phosphate ester compound represented by the following general formula (2):