is a men's
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...
team based in
Hiroshima city, Hiroshima,
Japan. It plays in
V.Premier League. The owner of the club is
Japan Tobacco
Hepburn: ''Nippon Senbai Kōsha''
, type = 1985-: Public (''kabushiki gaisha'') 1949-1985: Statutory corporation
, traded_as =
, industry = FoodTobacco
, foundation = 1898 (as Imperial Japanese Tobacco Company)1 June 1949 (as 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.
Current Roster
The following is team roster of
Season 2022-2023
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
, is a volleyball tournament in Japan.
Kurowashiki () means the flag of black eagle. It opens in May every year at Osaka. It is organized by the Japan Volleyball Association and the Mainichi Newspapers.
History
*1952 - It started as All Japan V ...
*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
League results
Champion Runner-up
Notable foreign players
*
Igor Shulepov 1999-2000
*
Ilya Savelev 2001-2004
*
Gabriel Gardner 2005-2006
*
Maxim Panteleymonenko
Maxim or Maksim may refer to:
Entertainment
* ''Maxim'' (magazine), an international men's magazine
** ''Maxim'' (Australia), the Australian edition
** ''Maxim'' (India), the Indian edition
*Maxim Radio, ''Maxim'' magazine's radio channel on Sir ...
2007-2008
*
Ernardo Gómez
Ernardo "Harry" Andrés Gómez Cañas (born July 30, 1982 in Bolívar) is a Venezuelan former professional volleyball player, who won the gold medal with the Venezuela national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep ...
2008-2012
*
Igor Omrcen 2012-2014
*
Leandro Vissotto
Leandro Vissotto Neves (born 30 April 1983) is a Brazilian volleyball player, a member of Brazil men's national volleyball team and Brazilian club EMS Taubaté Funvic. Vissotto is a winner silver medalist of the Olympic Games London 2012, Wor ...
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)
Japanese volleyball teams
Volleyball clubs established in 1931
Sports teams in Hiroshima
Japan Tobacco
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