Aqueous ink composition, inkjet recording method, and inkjet printed article

An aqueous ink composition, comprising:

• Component A, a copolymer represented by the following Formula (A′):
• wherein in Formula (A′), each Rcx independently represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group;
• Zx represents —COO—, —CONRdx—, or a single bond, where Rdx represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms;
• Rx represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or an aralkyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms;
• and
• a, b, and c are copolymerization ratios in the polymer compound, where the sum of a, b, and c is 100, and 30≦a+b≦90 and 10≦c≦70;
• Ra and Rb each independently represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and Ra and Rb may be bonded to each other to form a 4-membered to 6-membered ring;
• Rc represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group;
• Z represents —COO— or —CONRd, where Rd represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms;
• X represents a divalent organic group;
• Rcy represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group;
• Zy represents —COO—, —CONRdy—, or a single bond, where Rdy represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms;
• Ry represents a single bond or a divalent organic group;
• and
• A represents a water-soluble group;
• Component B, a resin-coated pigment;
• Component C, water;
• and
• Component D, a water-miscible organic solvent comprising at least two selected from the group consisting of 2-pyrrolidone, 2-methyl propanediol, and γ-butyrolactone, wherein the mass ratio of Component C to Component D is from 1:0.2 to 1:2.