To provide an electrophotographic photoreceptor excellent in electric characteristics and various characteristics, capable of forming a uniform photosensitive layer and excellent in repetitive characteristics, an image forming apparatus using it and an electrophotgraphic cartridge.A lamination type electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising an electroconductive substrate and a photosensitive layer formed thereon, characterized in that the photosensitive layer contains a compound represented by the following formula (1), the ratio of the weight of the compound represented by the formula (1) to the weight content of all binder resins contained in the photosensitive layer is from 0.15 to 0.6, and the weight of the compound represented by the formula (1) is maximum among all charge transport materials: wherein each of Ar1, Ar2 and Ar3 is an aryl group which may have a substituent, each of Ar4 and Ar5 which are independent of each other, is an arylene group which may have a substituent, and each of n1 and n2 which are independent of each other, is an integer of from 1 to 3.