To enable superimposition printing without the risk of peel-off by certainly adhering, for example, a second transfer layer of a magenta color on a first transfer layer of a yellow color.

In a thermal transfer recording method, a second transfer layer B is printed and superimposed on a first transfer layer A such that a first heat generating energy of superimposition printing of a first dot B1 at the time of starting the superimposition printing is made larger than a second heat generating energy of superimposition printing of a second dot B2 and subsequent dots.