Abstract: A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to one aspect of the present invention contains, in % by mass: C: 0.070 to 0.140%; Si: 0.80 to 1.80%; and Mn: 1.80 to 2.80%, with the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities; in area ratio in a structure observed with a scanning electron microscope, bainite, tempered martensite, and hard phases composed of at least one of cementite and MA made up of quenched martensite and retained austenite combined together account for 85% or more in total, the hard phase that has a breadth of 0.4 ?m or less and a length of 1.2 ?m or more accounts for 0.5% or more, the hard phase that has a breadth of 1.2 ?m or more accounts for 5.0% or less, and structures other than the bainite, the tempered martensite, and the hard phase account for 15% or less; and in volume ratio measured by X-ray diffractometry, retained austenite accounts for 3.0% or more and 7.0% or less.