A fixing apparatus that has a fixing member which makes contact with a recording material supporting an unfixed image formed of wax-containing toner on the unfixed image-supporting surface, the fixing member having a supporting material and a surface releasing layer formed on the supporting material and formed of a hard resin, and a pressing member which forms a nip which holds and conveys the recording material with the fixing member and that satisfies the following express: 2.0×105≦F/S≦10.0×105 wherein F is the pressure-contact force (N) between the fixing member and the pressing member, and S is the area (m2) of the nip.