An ink composition includes: a coloring material having an azo group bound
to a heterocyclic group; an aqueous medium; and at least one of an
acetylene diol and an ethylene oxide adduct of the acetylene diol,
wherein an average value of an addition molar number of the at least one
of the acetylene diol and the ethylene oxide adduct of the acetylene diol
is 0 or more and less than 4.