The object of the present invention is to provide a carbonaceous material for an
anode of a nonaqueous
electrolyte secondary battery which uses a
plant-derived organic material as a
raw material, has high purity so that alkali metals such as the
potassium element are sufficiently removed by de-mineral, and has excellent cycle characteristics, and to provide a
lithium ion secondary battery using the carbonaceous material.The carbonaceous material for an
anode of a nonaqueous
electrolyte secondary battery is a carbonaceous material obtained by carbonizing a
plant-derived organic material, the atom ratio of
hydrogen atoms and carbon atoms (H / C) according to
elemental analysis being at most 0.1, the average particle size Dv50 being from 2 to 50 μm, the average interlayer spacing of the 002 planes determined by X-
ray diffraction being from 0.365 nm to 0.400 nm, the
potassium element content being at most 0.5
mass %, the
calcium element content being at most 0.02
mass %, and the true density determined by a pycnometer method using
butanol being at least 1.44 g / cm3 and less than 1.54 g / cm3.