An alternator includes a stator winding in which a plurality of lead wires extending from winding phase groups for each phase are connected in an alternating connection via a terminal assembly for three-phase connection, and the terminal assembly for three-phase connection is disposed at a side of a rotor to which a fan unit is fixed and opposite to the rotor with respect to an end face of the fan unit in the axial direction of the rotor, the terminal assembly opposing the top of a coil-end group of the stator winding.