Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Takayoshi Ootsuka

Kentaro Yamawaki

Taiji Katsura

Yusuke Kosaki

Hidekazu Fumita

Sara Yoshida

A toner comprising a toner particle and an external additive, wherein the external additive comprises a composite particle comprising an organosilicon polymer fine particle covering a surface of an alumina particle, a coverage ratio of the surface of the alumina particle with the organosilicon polymer fine particle is 1 to 50 area %, and given A (nm) as a number-average particle diameter of primary particles of the organosilicon polymer fine particle and B (nm) as a number-average particle diameter of primary particles of the alumina particle, following formulae (I) and (II) are satisfied:&#x2264;90&#x2003;&#x2003;(I)100&#x2264;&#x2264;1000&#x2003;&#x2003;(II).

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Takayoshi Ootsuka