Provided is a fluorescent material with high brightness. The fluorescent material includes a nitride fluorescent material comprising La, Ce, Si, and N; and a first phosphorus compound disposed on a surface of the nitride fluorescent material. The first phosphorus compound includes at least one selected from the group consisting of lanthanum phosphate, lanthanum hydrogen phosphate, and hydrates thereof. A content of phosphorus atoms in the fluorescent material is 0.07% by mass or higher and 0.8% by mass or lower.