A toner including: a toner particle containing a binder resin and a colorant; and a fine particle on a surface of the toner particle, wherein the fine particle is a solid and substantially hemispherical shape, and has a substantially flat surface and a curved surface, and wherein a number-average value of a longest diameter “w” of the substantially flat surface is 10 to 400 nm. An external additive for a toner that is a solid and substantially hemispherical shape, and has a substantially flat surface and a curved surface, wherein a number-average value of a longest diameter “w” of the substantially flat surface is 10 to 400 nm. A fine particle that is a solid and substantially hemispherical shape, and has a substantially flat surface and a curved surface, wherein a number-average value of a longest diameter “w” of the substantially flat surface is 10 to 400 nm.

The present invention provides a toner that can maintain excellent transferability even when a transfer bias is low. The toner includes a toner particle that includes a toner base particle and a plurality of convex portions X existing on a surface of the toner base particle, wherein the convex portion X contains an organic silicon polymer; when a cross-section of the toner is observed with a scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM), and the convex portions X comprise a plurality of convex portions Y each having a convex height H of 40 nm or higher, a number ratio P (H/w) of the a number of the convex portions Y2 in which a ratio (H/w) of the convex height H to the convex width w is 0.33 or larger and 0.80 or smaller is 70% by number or more with respect to a total number of the convex portions Y.

An emulsion aggregation toner including a toner particle comprising at least one resin; an optional colorant; an optional wax; and a reactive charge control agent comprising at least one positive charging compound comprising a member selected from the group consisting of an amine compound having at least 3 carbon atoms, an ammonium compound having at least 3 carbon atoms, a phosphonium compound having at least 3 carbon atoms, a boronium compound having at least 3 carbon atoms, and combinations thereof; at least one reactive anchoring compound comprising a member selected the group consisting of amino, epoxy, carboxylic, hydroxyl, silanol, cyanide, anhydride, aldehyde, ketone, vinyl, and combinations thereof; and wherein the charge control agent optionally further comprises a negative charging compound comprising a member selected from the group consisting of aromatic carboxylic acid, silanol, phenol, pyranone, furanone, and combinations thereof.

An emulsion aggregation toner including a toner particle comprising at least one resin; an optional colorant; an optional wax; and a charge control agent disposed on a surface of the toner particle; the control agent comprising a phenyl based siloxane; and a complex formed from a metal ion donor and at least one of a ligand selected from a member of the group consisting of a polyaromatic acid comprising humic acid, a pyranone based ligand, a furanone based ligand, or a combination thereof.

An electrostatic image developing toner includes toner particles, layered compound particles, and inorganic particles. The content of titanium in the electrostatic image developing toner is 0.1 ppm or more and less than 1,500 ppm.

A toner for electrostatic image development includes: toner particles; Si-doped strontium titanate particles; and silica particles. The particle diameter D of at least one peak in a number-based particle size distribution of primary particles of the silica particles is larger than the number-based median diameter D.sub.50 of primary particles of the Si-doped strontium titanate particles.

A toner including a toner particle containing a binder resin, and an external additive, wherein the external additive contains an organosilicon polymer fine particle, the organosilicon polymer has a structure represented by at least one selected from the group consisting of R.sup.aSiO.sub.3/2 and R.sup.b.sub.2SiO.sub.2/2 (wherein R.sup.a and R.sup.b represent organic groups), and in the number particle size distribution of the toner as measured within a particle size range of from 2 to 60 μm, the number-average particle diameter T-D.sub.50n at which the accumulation from the smallest diameter is 50% is from 6 to 12 μm, the number ratio of toner 4 μm or less in size is from 2% to 5% of the total toner, and the number ratio of toner 3 μm or less in size as a percentage of the total toner 4 μm or less in size is from 25% to 50%.

A toner is provided. The toner comprises a binder resin, a release agent, and a function imparting agent comprising a fatty acid amide having a melting point of from 110 to 160 degrees C. When the toner is heated by a differential scanning calorimeter, the toner exhibits no endothermic peak within a temperature range of ±20 degrees C. of a temperature at a highest endothermic peak derived from the fatty acid amide.

An electrostatic charge image developer contains toner particles, silica particles that are added to an exterior of the toner particles and contain a nitrogen element-containing compound, and a carrier that has a core material and a nitrogen element-containing coating resin layer, in which a content of the nitrogen element-containing compound with respect to the silica particles is 0.005% by mass or more and 0.5% by mass or less in terms of a nitrogen element, and in a case where A represents a pore volume of pores that the silica particles include and have a diameter of 1 nm or more and 50 nm or less, which is determined from a pore size distribution curve obtained by a nitrogen adsorption method before baking of the silica particles at 350° C., and B represents a pore volume of pores that the silica particles include and have a diameter of 1 nm or more and 50 nm or less, which is determined from a pore size distribution curve obtained by a nitrogen adsorption method after baking of the silica particles at 350° C., B/A is 1.2 or more and 5 or less and B is 0.2 cm.sup.3/g or more and 3 cm.sup.3/g or less.

A carrier for a developer includes carrier particles. The carrier particles have a sea island structure including a sea portion and an island portion on the surface. The island portion contains a nitrogen-containing silicone resin. The sea portion contains a nitrogen-free silicone resin. The area ratio of the island portion in the total area of the surface of the carrier particle is 20% or more and 40% or less.