The objective is to provide a high-strength steel sheet having a yield strength greater than 0.70, a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more, and excellent
formability, as well as a method for manufacturing the high-strength steel sheet. A high-strength steel sheet with a predetermined
chemical composition is provided and manufactured under optimum conditions. The high-strength steel sheet has a steel
microstructure that includes, by area, ferrite: 30% or more and 80% or less, tempered
martensite: 3.0% or more and 35% or less, and retained
austenite: 8% or more, wherein the ratio of the grain
area fraction of retained
austenite, grains having an
aspect ratio of 2.0 or more and a
minor axis length of 1 µm or less, divided by the total
area fraction of retained
austenite is 0.3 or more, wherein the ratio of the average Mn content (
mass %) in the retained austenite divided by the average Mn content (
mass %) in the ferrite is 1.5 or more, and the product of the ratio of the average Mn content (
mass %) in the retained austenite divided by the average Mn content (mass %) in the ferrite and the average
aspect ratio of the retained austenite is 3.0 or more, the ratio of the average C content (mass %) in the retained austenite divided by the average C content (mass %) in the ferrite is 3.0 or more, and wherein the ratio of the average C content (mass %) in the retained austenite divided by the average Mn content (mass %) in the retained austenite is 0.05 or more, and wherein the diffusible
hydrogen content in the steel is 0.3 ppm in mass or less.