Provided is a thermosensitive recording medium being excellent in oil resistance among various performances required for the thermosensitive recording medium, and being further excellent in heat resistance, plasticizer resistance, and printing (recording) run-ability.
That is a thermosensitive recording medium having a thermosensitive recording layer comprising a colorless or pale colored electron donating leuco dye and an electron accepting color developing agent on a substrate, wherein the thermosensitive recording layer contains at least two kinds of urea compounds. The two kinds of urea compounds comprise the first urea compound being represented by the following general formula 1, and the second urea compound being represented by the following general formula 2.




wherein R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, aralkyl group or aryl group, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group,




wherein R4 to R8 represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, an amino group, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, and the like, and m represents an integer of 0 to 2.