A negative electrode for a battery, wherein a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material containing natural graphite is formed on at least one surface of a negative electrode collector,
- a thickness of the negative electrode active material layer per one surface of the negative electrode collector is 50 μm or more and 100 μm or less, and
- in the negative electrode active material layer from the negative electrode collector up to ½ of the thickness of the negative electrode active material layer in a surface direction of the negative electrode active material layer, an orientation degree A expressed as (peak intensity of carbon 002 face/peak intensity of carbon 110 face) that is a peak intensity ratio of a carbon 002 face and a carbon 110 face measured by an X-ray diffraction method is 100 or more and 500 or less.