A cleaning device of the present invention includes (i) a blade, which has
an edge portion to be pressed against a surface of a photoreceptor, so as
to scrape toner and (ii) a brush roller, which has bristle whose ends
make contact with the surface of the photoreceptor, so as to supply fine
particles of a scraped lubricant agent to the surface of the
photoreceptor, the blade having a rebound resilience of 10% to 45% and a
Young's modulus of 5 MPa to 11 MPa. With this, even when small-particle
toner with no corner is used, it is possible to (a) improve a cleaning
property while allowing a photoreceptor to have a long life span and
without degrading the original electrophotographic performance of the
photoreceptor and (b) charge the photoreceptor uniformly.