Toner container and image forming apparatus

A toner container detachably attached to a toner-container holder of a main body of an image forming apparatus, the toner container comprising:

• a longitudinal container body for containing toner, the container body having a first end and a second end distal to the first end in a length direction of the container body;
• a held portion attached to the first end of the container body and configured to be detachably attached to the toner-container holder, the held portion including a toner outlet for discharging the toner contained in the container body;
• and
• an electric component that electrically communicates with a component in the main body to detect whether the toner container is operatively set in the toner-container holder, the electric component being attached to the held portion such that when the held portion is attached to the toner-container holder the electric component is located above the toner outlet with respect to a vertical direction.