Toner contains a mother toner particle containing a binder resin and a coloring agent and an external additive to cover the mother toner particle, wherein the external additive contains a resin particle, wherein the resin particle has an outer shell layer formed of silica or modified silica, wherein the resin particle has a non-spherical form with a shape factor (SF) of 1.20 or greater as calculated by the following relationship 1, Shape factor(SF)=[(Absolute maximum length of particle)2/Projected area of particle)]×(π/4)  Relation 1.