Charging member, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus for reducing production of micro-chromatic line and white spot

A charging member comprising:

• a support member;
• a conductive elastic layer disposed on the support member;
• and
• a surface layer disposed on the conductive elastic layer,
• wherein first irregularities of a first type with a cycle of shorter than 0.1 mm and second irregularities of a second type with a cycle of 0.1 mm or longer are distributed on an entirety of an outer circumferential surface of the charging member, and satisfy the following conditions of (1) and (2):
• (1) the first irregularities with the cycle of shorter than 0.1 mm have an average height of from 8 μm to 11 μm;
• and
• (2) the second irregularities with the cycle of 0.1 mm or longer have an average height of from 2 μm to 5 μm, and
• wherein a half-value width of the maximum frequency value of height distribution on the outer circumferential surface is from 1 μm to 3 μm.