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{{Short description|Japanese volleyball club}}
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| clubname    = JT Thunders Hiroshima
| short name  = 
| nickname    = 
| image       = [[File:Jtthunders.png|180px]]
| fullname    = 
| founded     = 1931
| dissolved   = 
| ground      = [[Nekoda Memorial Gymnasium|Nekota Kinen Taiikukan]] <br /> [[Hiroshima, Hiroshima|Hiroshima city, Hiroshima]], [[Japan]]
| capacity    = 
| chairman    = 
| mgrtitle    = Head Coach
| manager     = {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Raúl Lozano (volleyball)|Raúl Lozano]]
| captain     = {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Taishi Onodera]]
| league      = [[V.League (Japan)|V.League Division 1]]
| season      = [[2020–21 V.League Division 1 Men's|2020–21]]
| position    = 5th place
| website     = https://www.jti.co.jp/sports/thunders/index.html
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{{nihongo|'''JT Thunders'''|JTサンダーズ|JT Sandāzu}} is a men's [[volleyball]] team based in [[Hiroshima, Hiroshima|Hiroshima city, Hiroshima]], [[Japan]]. It plays in [[V.League (Japan)|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)|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>

==Current Roster==
The following is team roster of [[2022–2023 V.League Division 1 Men's|Season 2022-2023]]
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:{{{fs|100}}}%; text-align:center;"
! colspan="6"| Team roster – Season 2022-2023'''
|-
!style="width:4em; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#00FF00"|No.
!style="width:10em; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#00FF00"|Name
!style="width:14em; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#00FF00"|Date of birth
!style="width:8em; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#00FF00"|Height
!style="width:8em; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#00FF00"|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]] ([[Captain (sports)|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}}||Lebero
|-
|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}} ||Lebero
|-
|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 (volleyball)|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
|-
|colspan=5 |Head coach: {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Raúl Lozano (volleyball)|Raúl Lozano]]
|}

==Honours==
;[[V.League (Japan)|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 and Empress's Cup All Japan Volleyball Championship|Emperor's Cup]]
*Champion (3): 2007, 2015, 2018
*Runner-up (1): 2009

==League results==
{{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} '''Champion'''&nbsp;&nbsp; {{Color box|silver|border=darkgray}} Runner-up

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" border="1"
!width=200 colspan=2|League
!width=100|Position 
!width=60|Teams
!width=60|Matches
!width=60|Win
!width=60|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 V.Premier League Men's|2017–18]]|| 3rd|| 8 || 29|| 17|| 12
|-
|rowspan=5|V.League Division 1
|-bgcolor=silver
||[[2018–19 V.League Division 1 Men's|2018–19]]|| |Runner-up|| | 10 || | 32|| |21|| |11
|-
||[[2019–20 V.League Division 1 Men's|2019–20]]|| 4th|| 10 || 28|| 21|| 7
|-
||[[2020–21 V.League Division 1 Men's|2020–21]]|| 6th|| 10 || 36|| 17|| 19
|-
||[[2022–2023 V.League Division 1 Men's|2022–23]]||TBC||10||-||-||-
|}

== Notable foreign players ==
* {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Igor Shulepov]] 1999-2000
* {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ilya Savelev]] 2001-2004
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Gabriel Gardner]] 2005-2006
* {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Maxim 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 (volleyball)|Thomas Edgar]] 2017–2022
* {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Liu Libin]] 2018-2019
* {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Chen Chien-Chen]] 2019–2022

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.jti.co.jp/knowledge/thunders/index.html JTI Official Website] (ja)
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{{V.League (Japan) Premier Men's}}

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[[Category:Volleyball clubs established in 1931]]
[[Category:Sports teams in Hiroshima]]
[[Category:Japan Tobacco]]


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