Carrier, developing agent, image forming apparatus, image forming method, replenishment toner, and process cartridge

Abstract

Carrier for image forming includes a core material particle including a magnetic material and a coating layer disposed on the surface of the core material particle, the coating layer including a resin, carbon black, an inorganic particulate A, and an inorganic particulate B. The carbon black has a concentration gradient along a thickness direction of the coating layer with a concentration from high to low toward a surface of the coating layer while the inorganic particulate A has a concentration gradient along a thickness direction of the coating layer with a concentration from low to high toward the surface of the coating layer. The volume ratio of the carbon black is 0-30 percent at a depth range of 0.0-0.1 μm from the surface of the coating layer. The inorganic particulate A is electroconductive with a powder specific resistance of 200 Ω·cm or less.