A near infrared absorbing dye includes a croconium-based compound shown in formula (AI). In formula (AI), ring Z is either an optionally substituted 6-membered ring including no heteroatom or an optionally substituted 5-membered ring including 0 to 3 heteroatoms in the ring, R1 and R2, R2 and R3, and R1 and a carbon atom or heteroatom as a part of ring Z may be linked to each other to respectively form a heteroring A, a heteroring B, and a heteroring C together with a nitrogen atom.