Aqueous ink composition, ink jet recording method, and ink jet recording apparatus

An aqueous ink composition and a reaction liquid, the aqueous ink composition comprising:

• a polyolefin wax;
• a resin dispersion;
• water;
• and
• a surfactant A,
• wherein the resin dispersion includes a (meth)acrylic resin in a content of 3% by mass or more with respect to the total mass of the aqueous ink composition,
• a content of one kind or more of the surfactants A, which are surfactants having a molecular weight of less than 10,000 and which are selected from the group consisting of an ionic surfactant and a nonionic surfactant, the nonionic surfactant being selected from the group consisting of ethers of polyalkylene oxide, higher aliphatic acid esters, and higher aliphatic amides, is 7 parts by mass or less when a total content of the resin of the resin dispersion and the polyolefin wax is 100 parts by mass, and
• the aqueous ink composition is used in a recording method including attaching the reaction liquid, which contains an aggregating agent for aggregating components of an aqueous ink composition, to a recording medium.