Method of producing a toner particle

A method of producing a toner particle, comprising the steps of:

• preparing a resin solution by dissolving, in an organic solvent, a binder resin having a polyester resin as its major component, and a block polymer having a crystalline polyester segment and a vinyl polymer segment;
• preparing a resin solution dispersion by dispersing the resin solution in an aqueous medium;
• and
• removing the organic solvent present in the resin solution dispersion to produce a resin particle dispersion in which a pre-annealing-treatment resin particle is dispersed in the aqueous medium,
• the method further comprising a step of holding the resin particle dispersion for at least 60 minutes under temperature conditions that satisfy the following (i), (ii), and (iii):
• (i) from TgA-15 (° C.) to TmA (° C.);
• (ii) a temperature variation range of not more than 20° C.;
• and
• (iii) a temperature variation rate of not more than 0.35° C./minute,
• where TgA (° C.) indicates a glass transition point of the pre-annealing-treatment resin particle and TmA (° C.) indicates an onset temperature of an endothermic peak originating from the block polymer present in the pre-annealing-treatment resin particle.