A contact charger for charging a charging target (e.g., a photosensitive member) includes a brush to be in contact with the charging target, and auxiliary charging particles to be interposed between the brush and the charging target. Fibers of the brush have a volume resistivity from 1101 cm to 1108 cm, a primary particle diameter of the auxiliary charging particles is in a range from 0.01 m to 10 m, and a push-in amount of the brush with respect to the charging target is in a range from 0.1 mm to 2.0 mm. The brush moves relatively to the charging target for charging the charging target. An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member to be charged by the charger.

 
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