{{Short description|Japanese volleyball club}} {{Infobox volleyball club | clubname = JT Thunders Hiroshima | color1 = #FFFFFF | color2 = #00B16B | short name = | nickname = | image = 180px | fullname = | founded = 1931 | dissolved = | ground = Nekota Kinen Taiikukan <br /> Hiroshima city, Hiroshima, Japan | capacity = | chairman = | mgrtitle = Head Coach | manager = {{flagicon|ARG}} Javier Weber | captain = {{flagicon|JPN}} Taishi Onodera | league = V.League Division 1 | season = 2022–23 | position = 7th place | website = https://www.jti.co.jp/sports/thunders/index.html <!--- | pattern_b1 = | pattern_ra1 = | pattern_s1 = | leftarm1 = | body1 = | rightarm1 = | shorts1 = | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | pattern_s2 = | leftarm2 = | body2 = | rightarm2 = | shorts2 = | current = ---> }} {{nihongo|'''JT Thunders'''|JTサンダーズ|JT Sandāzu}} is a men's volleyball team based in Hiroshima city, Hiroshima, Japan. It plays in V.Premier League. The owner of the club is Japan Tobacco.
==History== The club was founded in 1931 as a club of the Ministry of Finance Japan Hiroshima Monopoly Bureau.<ref>{{Cite web |title=チーム紹介 {{!}} JTサンダーズ広島 |url=https://www.jti.co.jp/sports/thunders/team/index.html |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=JTウェブサイト |language=ja}}</ref>
In 1985, the team was renamed as Japan Tabaco and changed into JT as in 1989. In 2019, team name changed into JT Thunders Hiroshima.<ref>{{Cite web |title=チームの歴史 |url=https://vleague.jp/ |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=一般社団法人日本バレーボールリーグ機構}}</ref>
==Honours== ;Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League *Champion '''(×1)''': 2014–15<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fivb.org/en/volleyball/viewPressRelease.asp?No=51245&Language=en|title=FIVB - Volleyball}}</ref> *Runners-up '''(×8)''': 1973, 1978, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2013–14 and 2018–19 ;Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament *Champions '''(×2)''': 2001 and 2004 *Runners-up '''(×5)''': 1969, 1977, 1978, 2010 and 2014 ;Emperor's Cup *Champion '''(×3)''': 2007, 2015, 2018 *Runner-up '''(×1)''': 2009
==Current roster== The following is team roster of Season 2023–2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=選手・スタッフ {{!}} JTサンダーズ広島 |url=https://www.jti.co.jp/sports/thunders/profile/index.html |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=JTウェブサイト |language=ja}}</ref> {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders collapsible " style="text-align:center" |- !style="width:5em;color:#00B16B; background-color:#FFEF00"|No. !style="width:11em;color:#00B16B; background-color:#FFEF00"|Name !style="width:16em;color:#00B16B; background-color:#FFEF00"|Date of birth !style="width:10em;color:#00B16B; background-color:#FFEF00"|Height !style="width:10em;color:#00B16B; background-color:#FFEF00"|Position |- |1||align=left|Takuya Yasunaga||align=right|{{Birth date and age|1990|3|27}}||align=right|{{convert|1.94|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}||Middle blocker |- |{{sort|02|2}}||align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Aaron Russell||align=right|{{Birth date and age|1993|6|4}}||align=right|{{convert|2.05|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}||Outside hitter |- |3||align=left|Makoto Nishimura||align=right|{{Birth date and age|1998|10|7}}||align=right|{{convert|1.77|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}||Outside hitter |- |4||align=left|Hiromasa Miwa||align=right|{{Birth date and age|1999|12|17}}||align=right|{{convert|1.92|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}||Middle blocker |- |{{sort|05|5}}||align=left|Shinichiro Inoue (c)||align=right|{{Birth date and age|1994|12|21}}||align=right|{{convert|1.86|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}||Outside hitter |- |{{sort|06|6}}||align=left| Issei Maeda||align=right|{{Birth date and age|1991|9|22}}||align=right|{{convert|1.81|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}||Setter |- |{{sort|07|7}}||align=left| Yudai Arai||align=right|{{Birth date and age|1998|6|27}}||align=right|{{convert|1.88|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}||Outside hitter |- ||{{sort|08|8}}||align=left| Koshi Takechi||align=right|{{Birth date and age|1996|1|1}}||align=right|{{convert|1.86|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}||Outside hitter |- ||{{sort|09|9}}||align=left| Kaisei Hirai||align=right|{{Birth date and age|1999|2|7}}||align=right|{{convert|1.95|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}||Middle blocker |- |{{sort|10|10}}||align=left| Wataru Inoue||align=right|{{Birth date and age|1994|7|5}}||align=right|{{convert|1.70|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}||Lebero |- |11||align=left |Junya Sakashita||align=right|{{Birth date and age|1998|6|14}}||align=right|{{convert|1.81|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}||Outside hitter |- |14 ||style="text-align:left;"|Ataru Kumakura||align=right|{{Birth date and age|1995|12|17}}||align=right|{{convert|1.91|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} ||Outside hitter |- |15 ||style="text-align:left;"|Taishi Karakawa||align=right|{{Birth date and age|1992|8|12}}||align=right|{{convert|1.70|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} ||Lebero |- |16 ||style="text-align:left;"|Chihiro Nishi||align=right|{{Birth date and age|1997|11|8}}||align=right|{{convert|1.92|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} ||Middle blocker |- |17 ||style="text-align:left;"|Masaki Kaneko||align=right|{{Birth date and age|1997|10|23}}||align=right|{{convert|1.90|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} ||Setter |- |18 ||style="text-align:left;"|Shohei Yamamoto||align=right|{{Birth date and age|1991|3|21}}||align=right|{{convert|1.87|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} ||Outside hitter |- |19 ||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CHN}} Jiang Chuan ||align=right|{{Birth date and age|1994|8|9}}||align=right|{{convert|2.05|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} ||Opposite hitter |- |20 ||style="text-align:left;"|Daiki Abe||align=right|{{Birth date and age|2000|2|16}}||align=right|{{convert|1.81|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}||Setter |- |21 ||style="text-align:left;"|Shuto Kawaguchi||style="text-align:right;"|{{Birth date and age|2000|8|9}}||align=right|{{convert|2.00|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} ||Middle blocker |- |style="border-top:double;"colspan=5|Head coach: {{flagicon|ARG}} Raúl Lozano |}
===Former roster=== {|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;" ! colspan=6 | Team roster – Season 2022/23 |- !style="width:4em; color:#00B16B; background-color:#FFEF00"|No. !style="width:10em; color:#00B16B; background-color:#FFEF00"|Name !style="width:14em; color:#00B16B; background-color:#FFEF00"|Date of birth !style="width:8em; color:#00B16B; background-color:#FFEF00"|Height !style="width:8em; color:#00B16B; background-color:#FFEF00"|Position |- |{{sort|01|1}} ||style="text-align:left;"|Takuya Yasunaga ||style="text-align:right;"|{{Birth date and age|1990|3|27}} ||{{convert|1.94|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} ||Middle blocker |- |{{sort|02|2}}|| style="text-align:left;"| Taishi Onodera (c)|| style="text-align:right;" |{{Birth date and age|1996|2|7}}||{{convert|2.02|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}||Middle blocker |- |{{sort|03|3}}|| style="text-align:left;"| Makoto Nishimura|| style="text-align:right;" |{{Birth date and age|1998|10|7}}||{{convert|1.77|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}||Outside hitter |- |{{sort|04|4}}|| style="text-align:left;"| Kenta Nakajima|| style="text-align:right;" |{{Birth date and age|1991|8|25}}||{{convert|1.95|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}||Middle blocker |- |{{sort|05|5}}|| style="text-align:left;"| Shinichiro Inoue|| style="text-align:right;" |{{Birth date and age|1994|12|21}}||{{convert|1.86|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}||Outside hitter |- |{{sort|07|6}}|| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|USA}} Aaron Russell|| style="text-align:right;" |{{Birth date and age|1993|6|4}}||{{convert|2.05|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}||Outside hitter |- |{{sort|07|7}}|| style="text-align:left;"| Yudai Arai|| style="text-align:right;" |{{Birth date and age|1998|6|27}}||{{convert|1.88|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}||Outside hitter |- ||{{sort|08|8}}|| style="text-align:left;"| Koshi Takechi|| style="text-align:right;" |{{Birth date and age|1996|1|1}}||{{convert|1.86|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}||Outside hitter |- ||{{sort|09|9}}|| style="text-align:left;"| Kaisei Hirai|| style="text-align:right;" |{{Birth date and age|1999|2|7}}||{{convert|1.95|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}||Middle blocker |- |{{sort|10|10}}|| style="text-align:left;"| Wataru Inoue|| style="text-align:right;" |{{Birth date and age|1994|7|5}}||{{convert|1.70|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}||Libero |- |11|| style="text-align:left;" |Junya Sakashita|| style="text-align:right;" |{{Birth date and age|1998|6|14}}||{{convert|1.81|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}||Outside hitter |- |12|| style="text-align:left;" |Shinpei Goda|| style="text-align:right;" |{{Birth date and age|1992|9|23}}||{{convert|1.72|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} ||Setter |- |14 ||style="text-align:left;"|Ataru Kumakura ||style="text-align:right;"|{{Birth date and age|1995|12|17}}||{{convert|1.91|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} ||Outside hitter |- |15 ||style="text-align:left;"|Taishi Karakawa ||style="text-align:right;"|{{Birth date and age|1992|8|12}}||{{convert|1.70|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} ||Libero |- |16 ||style="text-align:left;"|Chihiro Nishi ||style="text-align:right;"|{{Birth date and age|1997|11|8}}||{{convert|1.92|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} ||Middle blocker |- |17 ||style="text-align:left;"|Masaki Kaneko ||style="text-align:right;"|{{Birth date and age|1997|10|23}}||{{convert|1.90|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} ||Setter |- |18 ||style="text-align:left;"|Shohei Yamamoto ||style="text-align:right;"|{{Birth date and age|1991|3|21}}||{{convert|1.87|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} ||Outside hitter |- |19 ||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CHN}} Jiang Chuan ||style="text-align:right;"|{{Birth date and age|1994|8|9}}||{{convert|2.05|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} ||Opposite hitter |- |20 ||style="text-align:left;"|Daiki Abe ||style="text-align:right;"|{{Birth date and age|2000|2|16}}||{{convert|1.81|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} ||Setter |- |21 ||style="text-align:left;"|Shuto Kawaguchi {{Tooltip|In|Informal player}}||style="text-align:right;"|{{Birth date and age|2000|8|9}}||{{convert|2.00|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} ||Middle blocker |- |colspan=5 |Head coach: {{flagicon|ARG}} Raúl Lozano |}
==League results== {{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} '''Champion''' {{Color box|silver|border=darkgray}} Runner-up
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" border="1" !style="width=200; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#16982B" colspan=2|League !style="width=100; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#16982B"|Position !style="width=60; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#16982B"|Teams !style="width=60; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#16982B"|Matches !style="width=60; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#16982B"|Win !style="width=60; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#16982B"|Lose |- |rowspan=12|V.League ||1st (1994–95)|| 5th || 8 || 21|| 10|| 11 |- ||2nd (1995–96)|| 3rd || 8 || 21|| 13|| 8 |-bgcolor=silver ||3rd (1996–97)|| Runner-up || 8 || 21|| 14|| 7 |- ||4th (1997–98)|| 8th || 8 || 21|| 3|| 18 |- ||5th (1998–99)|| 7th || 10 || 18|| 6|| 12 |- ||6th (1999-00)|| 5th || 10 || 18|| 10|| 8 |-bgcolor=silver ||7th (2000–01)|| Runner-up || 10 || 18|| 13|| 5 |- ||8th (2001–02)|| 5th|| 10 || 18|| 11|| 7 |-bgcolor=silver ||9th (2002–03)|| Runner-up|| 8 || 21|| 15|| 6 |-bgcolor=silver ||10th (2003–04)|| Runner-up|| 8 || 21|| 13|| 8 |- ||11th (2004–05)|| 3rd|| 8 || 28|| 17|| 11 |- ||12th (2005–06)|| 4th|| 8 || 28|| 16|| 12 |- |rowspan=12|V・Premier ||2006-07|| 5th|| 8 || 28|| 14|| 14 |- ||2007-08|| 6th|| 8 || 28|| 12|| 16 |- ||2008-09|| 5th|| 8 || 28|| 14|| 14 |- ||2009-10|| 6th|| 8 || 28|| 14|| 14 |- ||2010-11|| 5th|| 8 || 24|| 12|| 12 |- ||2011-12|| 7th|| 8 || 21|| 7|| 14 |- ||2012-13|| 6th|| 8 || 28|| 9|| 19 |-bgcolor=silver ||2013-14|| Runner-up|| 8 || 28|| 18|| 10 |-bgcolor=gold ||2014-15|| Champion|| 8 || 27 || 20 || 7 |- ||2015–16|| 5th|| 8 || 26|| 12|| 14 |- ||2016–17|| 7th|| 8 || 21|| 7|| 14 |- ||2017–18|| 3rd|| 8 || 29|| 17|| 12 |- |rowspan=5|V.League Division 1 |-bgcolor=silver ||2018–19|| |Runner-up|| | 10 || | 32|| |21|| |11 |- ||2019–20|| 4th|| 10 || 28|| 21|| 7 |- ||2020–21|| 6th|| 10 || 36|| 17|| 19 |- ||2022–23||7th||10||36||16||20 |}
== Notable foreign players == * {{flagicon|RUS}} Igor Shulepov 1999-2000 * {{flagicon|RUS}} Ilya Savelev 2001-2004 * {{flagicon|USA}} Gabriel Gardner 2005-2006 * {{flagicon|UKR}} Maksym Panteleymonenko 2007-2008 * {{flagicon|VEN}} Ernardo Gómez 2008-2012 * {{flagicon|CRO}} Igor Omrcen 2012-2014 * {{flagicon|BRA}} Leandro Vissotto 2014-2015 * {{flagicon|SRB}} Dražen Luburić 2016-2017 * {{flagicon|AUS}} Thomas Edgar 2017–2022 * {{flagicon|CHN}} Liu Libin 2018-2019 * {{flagicon|TWN}} Chen Chien-Chen 2019–2022
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|JT Thunders}} *[https://www.jti.co.jp/knowledge/thunders/index.html JTI official website] (ja)
{{V.League (Japan) Premier Men's}}
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