A cathode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery including: active material particles including central particles represented by general formula LixAyDzPO4 (here, A represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Co, Mn, Ni, Fe, Cu, and Cr, D represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ti, Zn, B, Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sc, and Y, 0.9<x<1.1, 0<y≤1, 0≤z<1, and 0.9<y+z<1.1) and a carbonaceous film that coats surfaces of the central particles, wherein, when a mixture of the active material particles, a conductive auxiliary agent and a binder in which a mixing ratio thereof is 94:1:5 in terms of a mass ratio is dissolved in a solvent to form paste having a total solid content amount of 45% by mass, a viscosity of the past is 5,000 mPa·s or less at a shear rate of 4.0 [l/s].