A rotating-electric machine for use in engine starter capable of improving power by reducing inductance of coil is provided. An armature 7 is provided inside a stator, and when an armature winding 2 is inserted into a slot 4 provided in the armature 7, the armature winding 2 is formed into a wave winding and a short-pitch winding. In case that number of poles 2p=6 and number of slots Ns=23, the armature winding 2 are inserted into 1st to 4th slots, and a back pitch yb is established to be 3, whereby a short-pitch degree &dgr;(=|Ns/2p−yb|) is 0.83 and an expression of 0.5