An electrostatic charge image developing carrier includes a magnetic particle and a coating resin layer that covers the magnetic particle, and an amount of the coating resin layer that is peeled off from the magnetic particle when the carrier dispersed in water is irradiated with ultrasonic waves, relative to a coating amount of the coating resin layer before ultrasonic irradiation, is 800 mass ppm or more and 2,000 mass ppm or less, and a difference between an initial coating amount of the coating resin layer of a carrier having no travel history and a coating amount of the coating resin layer of a carrier having a travel history and being taken out from an electrostatic charge image developer, relative to the initial coating amount of the coating resin layer, is 0 mass ppm or more and 3,000 mass ppm or less.

A toner comprising base particles and external additive particles covering the base particles is provided. The base particles comprise a binder resin and a colorant. The external additive particles comprise at least one member selected from the group consisting of fluorine-containing aluminum hydroxide, fluorine-containing boehmite, and fluorine-containing pseudoboehmite.

There is provided a carrier including a magnetic core material having a surface coated with a surfactant-containing resin mixture of an elemental fluorine-containing resin and a polyimide resin. The carrier has an elution amount of an eluted material into water in an elution test ranging from 180 ppm to 3,500 ppm.

A toner comprising base particles and external additive particles covering the base particles is provided. The base particles comprise a binder resin and a colorant. The external additive particles comprise at least one member selected from the group consisting of fluorine-containing aluminum hydroxide, fluorine-containing boehmite, and fluorine-containing pseudoboehmite.

A carrier is provided including a core particle and a resin layer coating the surface of the core particle. The resin layer includes fine metal particles, and a detected metal element amount A obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectrometry of the surface of the carrier is in a range of 4.0 atomic %A20.0 atomic % and an average major-axis length B of the fine metal particle exposing from the resin layer is in a range of 100 nmB800 nm.

A two-component developer includes toner particles and carrier particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle and first resin particles. The carrier particles each include a carrier mother particle and second resin particles. An amount of the second resin particles is at least 0.010 parts by mass and no greater than 0.100 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the carrier mother particles. The first resin particles and the second resin particles have a number average primary particle diameter of at least 40 nm and no greater than 100 nm and a blocking rate (measurement temperature: 160 C.) of less than 30% by mass. A difference in blocking rate between the first resin particles and the second resin particles is no greater than 5% by mass, and a difference in number average primary particle diameter therebetween is no greater than 5 nm.

An electrostatic latent image developing carrier includes carrier particles each including a carrier core and first and second coat layers covering a surface of the carrier core. The first and second coat layers give a layered structure in which the first coat layer and the second coat layer are layered in order from the surface of the carrier core. The first coat layer contains a fluororesin. The second coat layer contains a silicone resin and a fluorine silane in an amount of at least 1% by mass relative to a mass of the silicone resin. An area S.sub.A of a region of a surface region of the first coat layer that is covered with the second coat layer and an area S.sub.B of a region thereof that is not covered with the second coat layer satisfy a relationship represented by 0.05S.sub.B/(S.sub.A+S.sub.B)0.50.

Carrier particles each include a carrier core having recesses in a surface thereof, and first and second coat layers covering the surface of the carrier core. The first and second coat layers are in a multi-layer structure in which the first coat layer and the second coat layer cover the surface of the carrier core in the stated order. The first coat layer entirely covers the surface of the carrier core. The second coat layer selectively covers regions of a surface of the first coat layer that correspond to the recesses in the surface of the carrier core. The first coat layer contains a first resin. The second coat layer contains a second resin. The second coat layer has a lower electric resistance than the first coat layer.

An electrostatic latent image developing carrier includes carrier particles each including a carrier core and first and second coat layers covering a surface of the carrier core. The first and second coat layers give a layered structure in which the first coat layer and the second coat layer are layered in order from the surface of the carrier core. The first coat layer contains a fluororesin. The second coat layer contains a silicone resin and a fluorine silane in an amount of at least 1% by mass relative to a mass of the silicone resin. An area S.sub.A of a region of a surface region of the first coat layer that is covered with the second coat layer and an area S.sub.B of a region thereof that is not covered with the second coat layer satisfy a relationship represented by 0.05S.sub.B/(S.sub.A+S.sub.B)0.50.

A two-component developer includes toner particles and carrier particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle and first resin particles. The carrier particles each include a carrier mother particle and second resin particles. An amount of the second resin particles is at least 0.010 parts by mass and no greater than 0.100 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the carrier mother particles. The first resin particles and the second resin particles have a number average primary particle diameter of at least 40 nm and no greater than 100 nm and a blocking rate (measurement temperature: 160 C.) of less than 30% by mass. A difference in blocking rate between the first resin particles and the second resin particles is no greater than 5% by mass, and a difference in number average primary particle diameter therebetween is no greater than 5 nm.