Fixing device, image forming device, and separating member

An image forming device comprising a fixing device,

• wherein the fixing device comprises:
• a fixing belt that is rotatable and endless;
• a belt holding member holding the fixing belt at each end part in an axial direction thereof;
• a heat source heating the fixing belt;
• a nip forming member provided inside the fixing belt;
• an opposing rotator forming a nip portion between the opposing rotator and the fixing belt by abutting onto the nip forming member via the fixing belt;
• and
• a separating member that extends near the nip portion and separates a recording medium from a surface of the fixing belt,
• wherein
• a leading end of the separating member is provided with
• a receding portion and
• an approaching portion that is at a different position in the axial direction from a position of the receding portion;
• and
• the approaching portion is provided nearer to the nip portion along the extending direction of the separating member than the receding portion is provided.