A thermosensitive recording material is provided having improved resistance to heat and chemicals, and having improved sensitivity to image formation while minimizing background coloring, wherein the thermosensitive recording material has a substrate, on which is a thermosensitive recording layer containing a leuco dye, a developer of formula (I) and at least two sensitizers, the two sensitizers being 4-hydroxy-4'-allyloxy diphenylsulfone and 4,4'-diallyloxy diphenylsulfone.