The invention discloses a recording medium containing a compound shown by the following Formula (1) (Y1)n—Z1—(X)l—Z2—(Y2)m  Formula (1) wherein, in Formula (1): each of Z1 and Z2 indicates a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring which may have a hetero atom; X indicates —O—, —S—, —S—S—, or —C(R)2—; R indicates an alkyl group or a hydrogen atom; each of Y1 and Y2 indicates a sulfo group, a carboxyl group, a phosphono group, a carbonamide group, a sulfonamide group, or a quaternary ammonium salt; l indicates 0 or 1; and each of m and n indicates 0 or an integer of 1 or more, and at least one of m and n is an integer of 1 or more.