JT Thunders

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.

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.

Honours

Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League

Champion (×1): 2014–15
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

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Position
1	Takuya Yasunaga	(1990-03-27)March 27, 1990(age 36)	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Middle blocker
2	United States Aaron Russell	(1993-06-04)June 4, 1993(age 32)	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Outside hitter
3	Makoto Nishimura	(1998-10-07)October 7, 1998(age 27)	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Outside hitter
4	Hiromasa Miwa	(1999-12-17)December 17, 1999(age 26)	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Middle blocker
5	Shinichiro Inoue (c)	(1994-12-21)December 21, 1994(age 31)	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Outside hitter
6	Issei Maeda	(1991-09-22)September 22, 1991(age 34)	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	Setter
7	Yudai Arai	(1998-06-27)June 27, 1998(age 27)	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Outside hitter
8	Koshi Takechi	(1996-01-01)January 1, 1996(age 30)	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Outside hitter
9	Kaisei Hirai	(1999-02-07)February 7, 1999(age 27)	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Middle blocker
10	Wataru Inoue	(1994-07-05)July 5, 1994(age 31)	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Lebero
11	Junya Sakashita	(1998-06-14)June 14, 1998(age 27)	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	Outside hitter
14	Ataru Kumakura	(1995-12-17)December 17, 1995(age 30)	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Outside hitter
15	Taishi Karakawa	(1992-08-12)August 12, 1992(age 33)	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Lebero
16	Chihiro Nishi	(1997-11-08)November 8, 1997(age 28)	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Middle blocker
17	Masaki Kaneko	(1997-10-23)October 23, 1997(age 28)	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Setter
18	Shohei Yamamoto	(1991-03-21)March 21, 1991(age 35)	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Outside hitter
19	China Jiang Chuan	(1994-08-09)August 9, 1994(age 31)	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Opposite hitter
20	Daiki Abe	(2000-02-16)February 16, 2000(age 26)	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	Setter
21	Shuto Kawaguchi	(2000-08-09)August 9, 2000(age 25)	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Middle blocker
Head coach: Argentina Raúl Lozano

Former roster

Team roster – Season 2022/23
No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Position
1	Takuya Yasunaga	(1990-03-27)March 27, 1990(age 36)	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Middle blocker
2	Taishi Onodera (c)	(1996-02-07)February 7, 1996(age 30)	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Middle blocker
3	Makoto Nishimura	(1998-10-07)October 7, 1998(age 27)	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Outside hitter
4	Kenta Nakajima	(1991-08-25)August 25, 1991(age 34)	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Middle blocker
5	Shinichiro Inoue	(1994-12-21)December 21, 1994(age 31)	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Outside hitter
6	United States Aaron Russell	(1993-06-04)June 4, 1993(age 32)	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Outside hitter
7	Yudai Arai	(1998-06-27)June 27, 1998(age 27)	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Outside hitter
8	Koshi Takechi	(1996-01-01)January 1, 1996(age 30)	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Outside hitter
9	Kaisei Hirai	(1999-02-07)February 7, 1999(age 27)	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Middle blocker
10	Wataru Inoue	(1994-07-05)July 5, 1994(age 31)	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Libero
11	Junya Sakashita	(1998-06-14)June 14, 1998(age 27)	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	Outside hitter
12	Shinpei Goda	(1992-09-23)September 23, 1992(age 33)	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Setter
14	Ataru Kumakura	(1995-12-17)December 17, 1995(age 30)	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Outside hitter
15	Taishi Karakawa	(1992-08-12)August 12, 1992(age 33)	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Libero
16	Chihiro Nishi	(1997-11-08)November 8, 1997(age 28)	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Middle blocker
17	Masaki Kaneko	(1997-10-23)October 23, 1997(age 28)	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Setter
18	Shohei Yamamoto	(1991-03-21)March 21, 1991(age 35)	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Outside hitter
19	China Jiang Chuan	(1994-08-09)August 9, 1994(age 31)	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Opposite hitter
20	Daiki Abe	(2000-02-16)February 16, 2000(age 26)	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	Setter
21	Shuto Kawaguchi In	(2000-08-09)August 9, 2000(age 25)	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Middle blocker
Head coach: Argentina Raúl Lozano

League results

Champion Runner-up

League	Position	Teams	Matches	Win	Lose
V.League	1st (1994–95)	5th	8	21	10	11
2nd (1995–96)	3rd	8	21	13	8
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
7th (2000–01)	Runner-up	10	18	13	5
8th (2001–02)	5th	10	18	11	7
9th (2002–03)	Runner-up	8	21	15	6
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
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
2013-14	Runner-up	8	28	18	10
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
V.League Division 1
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

Russia Igor Shulepov 1999-2000
Russia Ilya Savelev 2001-2004
United States Gabriel Gardner 2005-2006
Ukraine Maksym Panteleymonenko 2007-2008
Venezuela Ernardo Gómez 2008-2012
Croatia Igor Omrcen 2012-2014
Brazil Leandro Vissotto 2014-2015
Serbia Dražen Luburić 2016-2017
Australia Thomas Edgar 2017–2022
China Liu Libin 2018-2019
Taiwan Chen Chien-Chen 2019–2022

External links

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