Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an image holding member;
• a charge unit that charges a surface of the image holding member;
• an electrostatic latent image forming unit that forms an electrostatic latent image on a charged surface of the image holding member;
• a developing unit that contains a developer containing toner, and develops the electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of the image holding member with a developer to form a toner image;
• a transfer unit that transfers the toner image formed on the surface of the image holding member to a surface of a recording medium;
• and
• a fixing unit that includes a heating and pressurizing member, and fixes the toner image by performing the operation of heating and pressurizing to the toner image on the recording medium twice or more times with the heating and pressurizing member,
• wherein the toner contains a toner particle which contains a binder resin containing a crystalline polyester resin, a colorant, and a release agent, and an external additive, and satisfies the following Expression (1):
• 2≦tan δP1≦2.5 (1)
• wherein tan δP1 represents a maximum value of a mechanical loss tangent existing in a range where a complex elastic modulus is from 1×106 Pa to 1×108 Pa, which is measured at an angular frequency of 6.28 rad/sec and a distortion amount of 0.3%.