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An oxide phosphor includes an oxide consisting of at least Gd, Ce, Al, Ga, and O, and has the crystal structure of a garnet structure, the atomic ratio (Gd+Ce)/(Al+Ga+Gd+Ce) of which is more than 0.375 and 0.44 or less, and the atomic ratio Ce/(Ce+Gd) of which is 0.0005 or more and 0.02 or less. This oxide phosphor reduces composition misalignment occurring during sintering, being a drawback of a phosphor having (Gd1-xCex)3Al5-yGayO12 composition, and has a property of extremely small afterglow and high luminescence efficiency. By using this oxide phosphor as a scintillator of a radiation detector having a light detector, the radiation detector with low afterglow and high output can be obtained. Further, by applying this radiation detector to an X-ray CT apparatus, a tomogram with high resolution and high quality can be obtained.