To provide a new compound which yields a thin film that functions as an organic semiconductor active layer.

A substituted benzochalcogenoacene compound is represented by formula (1) (in formula, Es are each independently a sulfur atom or a selenium atom; R¹ and R² are each independently a hydrogen atom, an aryl group having a branched alkyl group, or a heteroaryl group having a branched alkyl group; the aryl group having a branched alkyl group has 9 to 30 carbon atoms in total, and may have other substituents; the heteroaryl group having a branched alkyl group has 7 to 30 carbon atoms in total, and may have other substituents; and at least one of R¹ and R² is the aryl group having a branched alkyl group or the heteroaryl group having a branched alkyl group).