A recording head includes: liquid discharge ports that discharge liquid and are arranged at a pitch corresponding to a resolution, wherein said liquid including an ink; plural drive elements that cause the liquid to be discharged from the liquid discharge ports in correspondence to the liquid discharge ports and are arranged at a pitch corresponding to the resolution; and plural drivers having voltage buffer regions for buffering effects resulting from a high voltage, said drivers being serially connected in a one-to-one ratio to, and unitized with, the drive elements, and being arranged at a pitch enlarged by at least the voltage buffer region portions with respect to the pitch of the drive elements, and driving the drive elements.