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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
= Former roster
=League results
Champion Runner-up
Notable foreign players
Igor Shulepov 1999-2000
Ilya Savelev 2001-2004
Gabriel Gardner 2005-2006
Maksym Panteleymonenko 2007-2008
Ernardo Gómez 2008-2012
Igor Omrcen 2012-2014
Leandro Vissotto 2014-2015
Dražen Luburić 2016-2017
Thomas Edgar 2017–2022
Liu Libin 2018-2019
Chen Chien-Chen 2019–2022
References
External links
JTI Official Website (ja)