A rotor for a reluctance type rotating machine includes a rotor core formed by stacking a number of annular core materials each of which includes magnetic concave and convex portions alternately formed on an outer circumference thereof and a central through hole, the rotor core having a key axially extending on an outer circumference thereof, the rotor core being divided into a plurality of blocks, the core materials constituting at least one block having the magnetic concave and convex portions shifted by a predetermined angle relative to the core materials constituting the other or another block on the basis of a center line passing the key, and a rotational shaft inserted through the central hole of the rotor core, the shaft having a key groove engaging the key of the rotor core.