Japanese volleyball club
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.[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]
Honours
- Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League
- Champion (×1): 2014–15[3]
- 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[4]
| Team roster – Season 2022/23
|
| No.
|
Name
|
Date of birth
|
Height
|
Position
|
| 1 |
Takuya Yasunaga |
(1990-03-27) March 27, 1990 (age 34) |
1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Middle blocker
|
| 2 |
Taishi Onodera (c) |
(1996-02-07) February 7, 1996 (age 28) |
2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) |
Middle blocker
|
| 3 |
Makoto Nishimura |
(1998-10-07) October 7, 1998 (age 26) |
1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Outside hitter
|
| 4 |
Kenta Nakajima |
(1991-08-25) August 25, 1991 (age 33) |
1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) |
Middle blocker
|
| 5 |
Shinichiro Inoue |
(1994-12-21) December 21, 1994 (age 30) |
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Outside hitter
|
| 6 |
 Aaron Russell |
(1993-06-04) June 4, 1993 (age 31) |
2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) |
Outside hitter
|
| 7 |
Yudai Arai |
(1998-06-27) June 27, 1998 (age 26) |
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Outside hitter
|
| 8 |
Koshi Takechi |
(1996-01-01) January 1, 1996 (age 29) |
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Outside hitter
|
| 9 |
Kaisei Hirai |
(1999-02-07) February 7, 1999 (age 25) |
1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) |
Middle blocker
|
| 10 |
Wataru Inoue |
(1994-07-05) July 5, 1994 (age 30) |
1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Libero
|
| 11 |
Junya Sakashita |
(1998-06-14) June 14, 1998 (age 26) |
1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Outside hitter
|
| 12 |
Shinpei Goda |
(1992-09-23) September 23, 1992 (age 32) |
1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Setter
|
| 14 |
Ataru Kumakura |
(1995-12-17) December 17, 1995 (age 29) |
1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Outside hitter
|
| 15 |
Taishi Karakawa |
(1992-08-12) August 12, 1992 (age 32) |
1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Libero
|
| 16 |
Chihiro Nishi |
(1997-11-08) November 8, 1997 (age 27) |
1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Middle blocker
|
| 17 |
Masaki Kaneko |
(1997-10-23) October 23, 1997 (age 27) |
1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Setter
|
| 18 |
Shohei Yamamoto |
(1991-03-21) March 21, 1991 (age 33) |
1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Outside hitter
|
| 19 |
 Jiang Chuan |
(1994-08-09) August 9, 1994 (age 30) |
2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) |
Opposite hitter
|
| 20 |
Daiki Abe |
(2000-02-16) February 16, 2000 (age 24) |
1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Setter
|
| 21 |
Shuto Kawaguchi |
(2000-08-09) August 9, 2000 (age 24) |
2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) |
Middle blocker
|
Head coach:  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
References
External links
