Provided is a negative electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, the negative electrode having a high capacity and exhibits excellent output/input characteristics in charge and discharge in a low temperature environment and at a high current density. The negative electrode includes a core material, and a negative electrode material mixture layer adhering to the core material. The negative electrode material mixture layer includes a particulate carbon material. The particulate carbon material has a breaking strength of 100 MPa or more. In a diffraction pattern of the negative electrode material mixture layer measured by wide-angle X-ray diffractometry, the ratio of I(101) to I(100) satisfies 1.0