There are disclosed a friction material composition which comprises a fibrous material except for asbestos, an inorganic friction regulator, an organic friction regulator and a binder, part of the inorganic friction regulator is alpha alumina and gamma alu...

A friction material prepared by molding and curing a composition containing a fibrous base, a binder and a filler comprises three types of metal oxides having Mohs hardness of 4 to 6.5 in a combined amount of at least 12 vol%.