A toner for electrostatic latent image development having coloring particles containing at least a binding resin, a coloring agent and a release agent, and an external additive, wherein a variation in a number average particle diameter of the coloring particles is 25 or less, an average circularity of the coloring particles is 0.975 or more, and a variation in a circularity of the coloring particles is 2.5 or less.