Provided is a method of manufacturing a 
lithium secondary battery. This method includes: a step of preparing a positive 
electrode including a positive 
electrode mixture layer, a negative 
electrode including a negative electrode mixture layer, and a nonaqueous 
electrolyte; and a step of accommodating the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the nonaqueous 
electrolyte in a battery case. The nonaqueous 
electrolyte contains a compound (I) represented by the following formula (I) LiO3S—R—SO3Li (wherein R represents a linear 
hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms). When a BET specific surface area of the negative electrode mixture layer is represented by X (m2 / g) and when an addition amount of the compound (I) with respect to the total amount of the nonaqueous electrolyte is represented by Y (
mass %), the following relationships 3≦X≦4.3, 0.2≦Y≦0.4, and (Y / X)≦0.093 are satisfied.