An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier on which an
electrostatic latent image is formed, a rotary developing device having N
developer carriers, where N defines a total number of developer carriers,
the N developer carriers carrying developers to develop the electrostatic
latent image, and the rotary developing device moves the N developer
carriers to a development position opposite to the image carrier, and a
toner concentration sensor that measures toner concentrations of the
developers carried in the developer carriers. A measurement position of
the toner concentration sensor is set on a second virtual straight line
with the second virtual straight line having a first angle or an angle
that is double the first angle toward a first virtual straight line on a
rotation orbit of the rotary device, and the first virtual straight line
connects a rotation center of the rotary developing device and the
development position. The N developer carriers are placed in turn in an
order starting from a first developer carrier to an N-th developer
carrier at the same angular interval as the first angle on the rotation
orbit of the rotary developing device, and an angular interval between
the N-th developer carrier and the first developer carrier is set to a
second angle greater than the first angle.