To provide a recording medium or a separation-member-equipped recording medium that enables manufacturing of a printed object, a decorative sheet or the like having novel design properties, to provide a method for manufacturing a decorative sheet or a decorated article that enables manufacturing of a decorated article having novel design properties, and to provide a decorated article having novel design properties. Provided is a recording medium 100 which is used for forming an image, the recording medium 100 including a support body 1, and an image forming layer 10 provided on the support body 1, wherein light transmittance in a visible light region of the whole of the recording medium is 10% or more, and glossiness of the recording medium which is measured with a condition of a measurement angle being 45° is 60 or less.