A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising: an image-recording layer on a hydrophilic support, wherein the image-recording layer contains an infrared absorbing dye that decomposes and develops a color by exposure to an infrared ray and a color developer that develops color due to the exposure to an infrared ray, wherein the color developer is either a heat color developer or an acid color developer, the infrared absorbing dye is a cyanine dye, characterized in that the cyanine dye is a cyanine dye represented by the following Formula 2, wherein, in the Formula 2, R 1 represents a group in which an R 1 -L bond is cleaved by exposure to an infrared ray and is as defined below, R 2 and R 3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group or R 2 and R 3 may be linked to each other to form a ring, Ar 1 and Ar 2 each independently represent a group forming a benzene ring or a naphthalene ring, Y 1 and Y 2 each independently represent an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, -NR 0 -, or a dialkyl methylene group, R 0 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group, R 4 and R 5 each independently represent an alkyl group, a -CO 2 M group, or a -PO 3 M 2 group, M represents a hydrogen atom, a Na atom, a K atom, or an onium group, R 6 to R 9 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, Za represents a counter ion that neutralizes a charge, and (a) L represents a sulfur atom, and R 1 is a group represented by the following Formula or (b) L represents -NR 10 -, wherein R 10 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group, and R 1 that bonds to N is a group represented by the following Formula, wherein, in the Formula, • represents a bonding site with a sulfur atom represented by L in the Formula 2, R 21, s each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group, and R 22 represents an aryl group, an alkenyl group, an alkoxy group, or an onium group, wherein, in the Formula, • represents a bonding site with a nitrogen atom included in L in the Formula 2, X 1 and X 2 each independently represent an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, and Y represents a group represented by the Formula. an image-recording layer on a hydrophilic support, wherein the image-recording layer contains an infrared absorbing dye that decomposes and develops a color by exposure to an infrared ray and a color developer that develops color due to the exposure to an infrared ray, wherein the color developer is either a heat color developer or an acid color developer, the infrared absorbing dye is a cyanine dye, characterized in that the cyanine dye is a cyanine dye represented by the following Formula 2, wherein, in the Formula 2, R 1 represents a group in which an R 1 -L bond is cleaved by exposure to an infrared ray and is as defined below, R 2 and R 3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group or R 2 and R 3 may be linked to each other to form a ring, Ar 1 and Ar 2 each independently represent a group forming a benzene ring or a naphthalene ring, Y 1 and Y 2 each independently represent an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, -NR 0 -, or a dialkyl methylene group, R 0 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group, R 4 and R 5 each independently represent an alkyl group, a -CO 2 M group, or a -PO 3 M 2 group, M represents a hydrogen atom, a Na atom, a K atom, or an onium group, R 6 to R 9 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, Za represents a counter ion that neutralizes a charge, and (a) L represents a sulfur atom, and R 1 is a group represented by the following Formula or (b) L represents -NR 10 -, wherein R 10 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group, and R 1 that bonds to N is a group represented by the following Formula, wherein, in the Formula, • represents a bonding site with a sulfur atom represented by L in the Formula 2, R 21, s each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group, and R 22 represents an aryl group, an alkenyl group, an alkoxy group, or an onium group, wherein, in the Formula, • represents a bonding site with a nitrogen atom included in L in the Formula 2, X 1 and X 2 each independently represent an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, and Y represents a group represented by the Formula.