To improve defective coloring at the time of forming an image as well as
defective color erasing at the time of erasing an image, reducing damages
of an information processing unit, the present invention provides a
reversible thermosensitive recording medium which includes a support
having flexibility, a reversible thermosensitive recording layer, an
information processing unit having an information recording element, and
a buffer layer, in which the information processing unit and the buffer
layer are disposed on the opposite surface of the support on which the
reversible thermosensitive recording layer is disposed.