90 % cold-rolled SUS316LN austenite stainless steels with di ff erent Mn content were annealed and the changes in the microstructure and texture after static recrystallization (SRX) were investigated. A typical heterogeneous nanostructure (HN), in which “ eye ” -shaped twin domains, shear bands and low-angle lamellae were main structural components, was developed by the heavy cold rolling. The formation of twin domains with crystallographical orientation of { 111 } // rolling plane e ff ectively suppressed a sharp { 101 } texture evolution. However, preferential SRX nucleation at shear bands close to { 101 } orientation hindered the above { 111 } texture component and, then, a typical { 101 } one prevailed in whole area after full SRX. Dense nuclei in the HN led to homogeneous evolution of fi ne-grained structure. While the e ff ects of Mn content on the microstructure and texture were not evident, superior mechanical properties appeared to be more emphasized with increasing Mn content. The SUS316LN sheets were annealed at various temperatures between 923 K and 1173 K in a salt bath for 1 h followed by water quenching and the evolved microstructure was examined using OIM after mechanical and electritical polishing. Microstructural observation was carried out at around the center in thickness and from transvers direction (T.D.) for the as-rolled samples and from normal direction (N.D.) for the annealed ones. The annealed samples were tensile tested parallel to rolling direction (R.D.) on an Instron-type mechanical testing machine at an initial strain rate of 2.5 © 10 ¹ 3 s ¹ 1 . The gauge dimensions of the samples were 6.0 © 2.0 © 0.5 mm 3 . Change in hardness after annealing was measured using micro-Vickers hardness tester.