JT Thunders

JT Thunders (JTサンダーズ) 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

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