| Clubname: | JT Thunders Hiroshima |
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| Founded: | 1931 |
| Ground: | Nekota Kinen Taiikukan Hiroshima city, Hiroshima, Japan |
| Mgrtitle: | Head Coach |
| Manager: |  Javier Weber |
| Captain: |  Taishi Onodera |
| League: | V.League Division 1 |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Position: | 7th place |
| Website: | https://www.jti.co.jp/sports/thunders/index.html |
| Current: | ---> |
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.
The club was founded in 1931 as a club of the Ministry of Finance Japan Hiroshima Monopoly Bureau.[1]
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.[2]
The following is team roster of Season 2023–2024[4]
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Takuya Yasunaga | 27 March 1990 | 1.940NaN0 | Middle blocker | |
 Aaron Russell | 4 June 1993 | 2.050NaN0 | Outside hitter | ||
| 3 | Makoto Nishimura | 7 October 1998 | 1.770NaN0 | Outside hitter | |
| 4 | Hiromasa Miwa | 17 December 1999 | 1.920NaN0 | Middle blocker | |
| Shinichiro Inoue (c) | 21 December 1994 | 1.860NaN0 | Outside hitter | ||
| Issei Maeda | 22 September 1991 | 1.810NaN0 | Setter | ||
| Yudai Arai | 27 June 1998 | 1.880NaN0 | Outside hitter | ||
| Koshi Takechi | 1 January 1996 | 1.860NaN0 | Outside hitter | ||
| Kaisei Hirai | 7 February 1999 | 1.950NaN0 | Middle blocker | ||
| Wataru Inoue | 5 July 1994 | 1.70NaN0 | Lebero | ||
| 11 | align=left | Junya Sakashita | 14 June 1998 | 1.810NaN0 | Outside hitter |
| 14 | Ataru Kumakura | 17 December 1995 | 1.910NaN0 | Outside hitter | |
| 15 | Taishi Karakawa | 12 August 1992 | 1.70NaN0 | Lebero | |
| 16 | Chihiro Nishi | 8 November 1997 | 1.920NaN0 | Middle blocker | |
| 17 | Masaki Kaneko | 23 October 1997 | 1.90NaN0 | Setter | |
| 18 | Shohei Yamamoto | 21 March 1991 | 1.870NaN0 | Outside hitter | |
| 19 | 9 August 1994 | 2.050NaN0 | Opposite hitter | ||
| 20 | Daiki Abe | 16 February 2000 | 1.810NaN0 | Setter | |
| 21 | Shuto Kawaguchi | 9 August 2000 | 20NaN0 | Middle blocker | |
| Head coach: Raúl Lozano |
| Team roster – Season 2022/23 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Position | |
| 27 March 1990 | 1.940NaN0 | Middle blocker | |||
| Taishi Onodera (c) | 7 February 1996 | 2.020NaN0 | Middle blocker | ||
| Makoto Nishimura | 7 October 1998 | 1.770NaN0 | Outside hitter | ||
| Kenta Nakajima | 25 August 1991 | 1.950NaN0 | Middle blocker | ||
| Shinichiro Inoue | 21 December 1994 | 1.860NaN0 | Outside hitter | ||
| Aaron Russell | 4 June 1993 | 2.050NaN0 | Outside hitter | ||
| Yudai Arai | 27 June 1998 | 1.880NaN0 | Outside hitter | ||
| Koshi Takechi | 1 January 1996 | 1.860NaN0 | Outside hitter | ||
| Kaisei Hirai | 7 February 1999 | 1.950NaN0 | Middle blocker | ||
| Wataru Inoue | 5 July 1994 | 1.70NaN0 | Libero | ||
| 11 | Junya Sakashita | 14 June 1998 | 1.810NaN0 | Outside hitter | |
| 12 | Shinpei Goda | 23 September 1992 | 1.720NaN0 | Setter | |
| 14 | 17 December 1995 | 1.910NaN0 | Outside hitter | ||
| 15 | 12 August 1992 | 1.70NaN0 | Libero | ||
| 16 | 8 November 1997 | 1.920NaN0 | Middle blocker | ||
| 17 | 23 October 1997 | 1.90NaN0 | Setter | ||
| 18 | 21 March 1991 | 1.870NaN0 | Outside hitter | ||
| 19 | 9 August 1994 | 2.050NaN0 | Opposite hitter | ||
| 20 | 16 February 2000 | 1.810NaN0 | Setter | ||
| 21 | 9 August 2000 | 20NaN0 | Middle blocker | ||
| Head coach: Raúl Lozano | |||||
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 |
Igor Shulepov 1999-2000 Ilya Savelev 2001-2004 Gabriel Gardner 2005-2006
Maksym Panteleymonenko 2007-2008
Ernardo Gómez 2008-2012
Leandro Vissotto 2014-2015
Dražen Luburić 2016-2017
Thomas Edgar 2017–2022
Liu Libin 2018-2019
Chen Chien-Chen 2019–2022