Toner for electrostatic latent image development

A toner for electrostatic latent image development including a plurality of toner particles, each of the plurality of toner particles comprising a toner core particle containing at least a binder resin and a shell layer coating the toner core particle, wherein:

• the shell layer comprises spherical resin fine particles adhere to an entire surface of the toner core particle such that the spherical resin fine particles do not overlap in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the toner core particle,
• and
• the shell layer further comprises cracks on a surface which is contacting toner core particle, the cracks are approximately perpendicular to surface of the toner core particle and originate at phase boundaries of the resin fine particles themselves, and
• with respect to average circularities of the plurality of toner particles in the toner for electrostatic latent image development,
• an average circularity of the plurality of toner particles with a particle diameter of no less than 4 μm and less than 5 μm is defined as an average circularity D4,
• an average circularity of the plurality of toner particles with a particle diameter of no less than 5 μm and less than 6 μm is defined as an average circularity D5,
• an average circularity of the plurality of toner particles with a particle diameter of no less than 6 μm and less than 7 μm is defined as an average circularity D6, and
• an average circularity of the plurality of toner particles with a particle diameter of no less than 7 μm and less than 8 μm is defined as an average circularity D7:
• each of D4-D7 is no less than 0.960, and
• the difference (Dmax−Dmin) between a maximum value Dmax among D4 to D7 and a minimum value Dmin among D4 to D7 is no greater than 0.015.