Kao Corporation

Shingo Nonohara

Yoshihiro Ueno

Tetsuhiro Semura

A toner for electrophotography including a binder resin and a colorant, in which the binder resin includes as a main component a thermoplastic resin, which is a linear polyester prepared by using upon polymerization in an amount of 20 mol % or more in an entire alcohol component at least one of the following alcohol components (A) a bisphenol A having polyoxypropylene group containing 90% or more of the compound represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein each of m and n is 0 to 2, m+n being 2.0; and (B) a bisphenol A having polyoxyethylene group containing 88% or more of the compound represented by the general formula (II): ##STR2## wherein each of p and q is 0 to 2, p+q being 2.0.

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Wakayama, Japan

Shingo Nonohara