is a men's volleyball team based in Hiroshima city, Hiroshima, Japan. It plays in SV.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 the team roster of the 2025-26 season.
No.NameDate of birthHeightPosition1Yuri YanakitaOutside hitter Yuki HiguchiMiddle blocker3Makoto NishimuraLibero4Hiromasa MiwaMiddle blocker Yudai AraiOutside hitter Kaiki TakanashiMiddle blocker Keishiro TakakiLibero11Junya SakashitaOutside hitter15 Keigo Nishimoto Middle blocker16 Chihiro Nishi Middle blocker17 Masaki Kaneko Setter18 Shohei Yamamoto Outside hitter20 Daiki AbeSetter21 Motoki Eiro Setter22 Hayato Yamamoto Outside hitter Daniel Martinez CamposOppositeHead coach: Javier Weber Former roster Team roster - Season 2023/24 No.NameDate of birthHeightPosition1Takuya YasunagaMiddle blocker Aaron RussellOutside hitter3Makoto NishimuraOutside hitter4Hiromasa MiwaMiddle blockerShinichiro Inoue (c)Outside hitter Issei MaedaSetter Yudai AraiOutside hitter Koshi TakechiOutside hitter Kaisei HiraiMiddle blocker Wataru InoueLibero11Junya SakashitaOutside hitter14 Ataru Kumakura Outside hitter15 Taishi Karakawa Libero16 Chihiro Nishi Middle blocker17 Masaki Kaneko Setter18 Shohei Yamamoto Outside hitter19 Jiang Chuan Opposite hitter20 Daiki AbeSetter21 Shuto Kawaguchi Middle blockerHead coach: Raúl Lozano
Team roster – Season 2022/23No.NameDate of birthHeightPosition Takuya Yasunaga Middle blocker Taishi Onodera (c)Middle blocker Makoto NishimuraOutside hitter Kenta NakajimaMiddle blocker Shinichiro InoueOutside hitter Aaron RussellOutside hitter Yudai AraiOutside hitter Koshi TakechiOutside hitter Kaisei HiraiMiddle blocker Wataru InoueLibero11Junya SakashitaOutside hitter12Shinpei Goda Setter14 Ataru Kumakura Outside hitter15 Taishi Karakawa Libero16 Chihiro Nishi Middle blocker17 Masaki Kaneko Setter18 Shohei Yamamoto Outside hitter19 Jiang Chuan Opposite hitter20 Daiki Abe Setter21 Shuto Kawaguchi Middle blockerHead coach: Raúl Lozano
League results Champion Runner-up
LeaguePosition TeamsMatchesWinLoseV.League1st (1994–95) 5th 8 21 10 11 2nd (1995–96) 3rd 8 21 13 83rd (1996–97) Runner-up 8 21 14 7 4th (1997–98) 8th 8 21 3 18 5th (1998–99) 7th 10 18 6 126th (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・Premier2006-07 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 72015–16 5th 8 26 12 142016–17 7th 8 21 7 142017–18 3rd 8 29 17 12V.League Division 12018–19Runner-up 10 3221112019–20 4th 10 28 21 72020–21 6th 10 36 17 192022–237th10361620SV.League2024-25 6th104618282025-26 5th10462125
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)