[Problem] To provide a hydrogen storage material which decreases the hydrogen release start temperature and the hydrogen release peak temperature, and to provide a method for manufacturing thereof.
[Solution] Provided is a hydrogen storage material which contains: a mixture and a reaction product of lithium hydride and magnesium amide, wherein the lithium hydride and the magnesium amide are prepared by combining as the raw materials: one or more substance selected from the group consisting of an amide compound, an imide compound, and a nitride of magnesium, and an amide compound, an imide compound, and a nitride of lithium; and one or more substance selected from the group consisting of an amide compound, an imide compound, a nitride, a hydride, and a metal of magnesium, and an amide compound, an imide compound, a nitride, a hydride, and a metal of lithium, with the raw materials contains both magnesium and lithium metallic species.