A lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a lithium ion conductive nonaqueous electrolyte, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; on the negative electrode, a lithium metal deposits at the time of charging, the lithium metal dissolves in the nonaqueous electrolyte at the time of discharging; the nonaqueous electrolyte contains a cation and an anion; the cation includes a lithium ion, and at least one cation X selected from the group consisting of Na, K, Rb, Cs, Fr, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Al; and the anion includes an oxalate complex anion Y.