Silver halide photosensitive material and image-forming method using the same

A silver halide photosensitive material having at least one blue-sensitive layer, at least one green-sensitive layer, and at least one red-sensitive layer, on a transparent support, wherein at least one of the green-sensitive layers contains a coupler represented by general formula (I) or general formula (Z), and all of the green-sensitive layers contain a silver halide emulsion comprising silver halide grains having an average equivalent-spherical diameter of 0.24 μm or less:

• General formula (I)
• wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent;
• Y represents a nonmetal atom group containing 1 or 2 nitrogen atoms and necessary for forming a 5-membered azole ring containing 2 or 3 nitrogen atoms, and the azoic ring may optionally have a substituent (including a condensed ring);
• X represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being eliminated at the time of coupling reaction with an oxidant of a developing agent;
• General formula (Z)
• wherein a represents an integer of 0 to 3;
• b represents an integer of 0 to 2;
• each of R1 and R2 is independently hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a halogen group, an aryl group, an aryloxy group, an acylamino group, a sulfonamide group, a sulfamoyl group, a carbamoyl group, an arylsulfonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an alkoxysulfonyl group, an aryloxysulfonyl group, an alkylureido group, an arylureido group, a nitro group, a cyano group, a hydroxyl group or a carboxyl group;
• R3 is a halogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group;
• X and Y are a direct bond or a bonding group;
• and B1 and B2 are a stabilizing group that does not diffuse the coupler.