An image forming apparatus comprising: an image bearing member comprising a tube, the image bearing member configured to bear a latent electrostatic image; a development device comprising a pulverized toner comprising a resin, a coloring agent and a releasing agent component, the development device configured to develop the latent electrostatic image with the toner to form a visualized image on the image bearing member; a transfer device configured to transfer the visualized image to a recording medium; a fixing device comprising a fixing member, the fixing device configured to fix the visualized image on the recording medium; and an elastic blade configured to remove the toner on a surface of the image bearing member, characterized in that the toner has a void ratio of from 52 to 58 % and a toner torque of from 1.0 to 2.5 mNm according to a torque measuring method using a circular conical rotor and following relationships to are satisfied: 45 ≤ WA ≤ 60 2 × WA − 40 ≤ 50 × T ≤ 2 × WA + 5 1.2 ≤ t ≤ 2.0 40 × T − 70 ≤ 15 × t ≤ 40 × T − 22 where WA, expressed in %, represents a surface exposure amount of the releasing agent component of the toner, T, expressed in mNm, represents the toner torque at 58 % of the void ratio and t, expressed in mm, represents a thickness of the tube, wherein the toner has an average circularity of from 0.890 to 0.940, and a volume average particle diameter of from 5 to 10 μm, wherein the elastic blade comprises an elastic body having a rebound resilience of from 40 to 80 % at 25 °C, and wherein a contact portion of the elastic blade and the image bearing member has a linear pressure of from 20 to 30 N/m. an image bearing member comprising a tube, the image bearing member configured to bear a latent electrostatic image; a development device comprising a pulverized toner comprising a resin, a coloring agent and a releasing agent component, the development device configured to develop the latent electrostatic image with the toner to form a visualized image on the image bearing member; a transfer device configured to transfer the visualized image to a recording medium; a fixing device comprising a fixing member, the fixing device configured to fix the visualized image on the recording medium; and an elastic blade configured to remove the toner on a surface of the image bearing member, characterized in that the toner has a void ratio of from 52 to 58 % and a toner torque of from 1.0 to 2.5 mNm according to a torque measuring method using a circular conical rotor and following relationships to are satisfied: 45 ≤ WA ≤ 60 2 × WA − 40 ≤ 50 × T ≤ 2 × WA + 5 1.2 ≤ t ≤ 2.0 40 × T − 70 ≤ 15 × t ≤ 40 × T − 22 where WA, expressed in %, represents a surface exposure amount of the releasing agent component of the toner, T, expressed in mNm, represents the toner torque at 58 % of the void ratio and t, expressed in mm, represents a thickness of the tube, wherein the toner has an average circularity of from 0.890 to 0.940, and a volume average particle diameter of from 5 to 10 μm, wherein the elastic blade comprises an elastic body having a rebound resilience of from 40 to 80 % at 25 °C, and wherein a contact portion of the elastic blade and the image bearing member has a linear pressure of from 20 to 30 N/m. where WA, expressed in %, represents a surface exposure amount of the releasing agent component of the toner, T, expressed in mNm, represents the toner torque at 58 % of the void ratio and t, expressed in mm, represents a thickness of the tube, wherein the toner has an average circularity of from 0.890 to 0.940, and a volume average particle diameter of from 5 to 10 μm, wherein the elastic blade comprises an elastic body having a rebound resilience of from 40 to 80 % at 25 °C, and wherein a contact portion of the elastic blade and the image bearing member has a linear pressure of from 20 to 30 N/m.