The rotating-bending fatigue of a TiNi shape-memory alloy wire was investigated. Influence of air and water atmospheres, temperature, strain amplitude and rotational speed on fatigue life was discussed. In the case of the strain amplitude due to the rhombohedral-phase transformation, the fatigue life lengthened above 10(7) cycles. In the case of the strain amplitude due to the martensitic transformation, the fatigue life in air shortened under that in water.