Hiroshima Thunders
{{Short description|Japanese volleyball club}}
{{Infobox volleyball club
| clubname = JT Thunders Hiroshima
| color1 = #FFFFFF
| color2 = #00B16B
| short name =
| nickname =
| image = 180px
| fullname =
| founded = 1931
| dissolved =
| ground = Nekota Kinen Taiikukan
Hiroshima city, Hiroshima, Japan
| capacity =
| chairman =
| mgrtitle = Head Coach
| manager = {{flagicon|ARG}} Javier Weber
| captain = {{flagicon|JPN}} Taishi Onodera
| league = V.League Division 1
| season = 2022–23
| position = 7th place
| website = https://www.jti.co.jp/sports/thunders/index.html
}}
{{nihongo|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.{{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}}
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.{{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}}
Honours
;Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League
- Champion (×1): 2014–15{{Cite web|url=http://www.fivb.org/en/volleyball/viewPressRelease.asp?No=51245&Language=en|title=FIVB - Volleyball}}
- 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
- Champion (×3): 2007, 2015, 2018
- Runner-up (×1): 2009
Current roster
The following is team roster of Season 2023–2024{{Cite web |title=選手・スタッフ {{!}} JTサンダーズ広島 |url=https://www.jti.co.jp/sports/thunders/profile/index.html |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=JTウェブサイト |language=ja}}
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style="width:5em;color:#00B16B; background-color:#FFEF00"|No.
!style="width:11em;color:#00B16B; background-color:#FFEF00"|Name !style="width:16em;color:#00B16B; background-color:#FFEF00"|Date of birth !style="width:10em;color:#00B16B; background-color:#FFEF00"|Height !style="width:10em;color:#00B16B; background-color:#FFEF00"|Position | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | align=left|Takuya Yasunaga | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1990|3|27}} | align=right|{{convert|1.94|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | Middle blocker |
{{sort|02|2}} | align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Aaron Russell | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1993|6|4}} | align=right|{{convert|2.05|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | Outside hitter |
3 | align=left|Makoto Nishimura | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1998|10|7}} | align=right|{{convert|1.77|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | Outside hitter |
4 | align=left|Hiromasa Miwa | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1999|12|17}} | align=right|{{convert|1.92|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | Middle blocker |
{{sort|05|5}} | align=left|Shinichiro Inoue (c) | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1994|12|21}} | align=right|{{convert|1.86|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | Outside hitter |
{{sort|06|6}} | align=left| Issei Maeda | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1991|9|22}} | align=right|{{convert|1.81|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | Setter |
{{sort|07|7}} | align=left| Yudai Arai | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1998|6|27}} | align=right|{{convert|1.88|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | Outside hitter |
|{{sort|08|8}} | align=left| Koshi Takechi | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1996|1|1}} | align=right|{{convert|1.86|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | Outside hitter |
|{{sort|09|9}} | align=left| Kaisei Hirai | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1999|2|7}} | align=right|{{convert|1.95|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | Middle blocker |
{{sort|10|10}} | align=left| Wataru Inoue | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1994|7|5}} | align=right|{{convert|1.70|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | Lebero |
11 | align=left |Junya Sakashita | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1998|6|14}} | align=right|{{convert|1.81|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | Outside hitter |
14 | style="text-align:left;"|Ataru Kumakura | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1995|12|17}} | align=right|{{convert|1.91|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | Outside hitter |
15 | style="text-align:left;"|Taishi Karakawa | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1992|8|12}} | align=right|{{convert|1.70|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | Lebero |
16 | style="text-align:left;"|Chihiro Nishi | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1997|11|8}} | align=right|{{convert|1.92|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | Middle blocker |
17 | style="text-align:left;"|Masaki Kaneko | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1997|10|23}} | align=right|{{convert|1.90|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | Setter |
18 | style="text-align:left;"|Shohei Yamamoto | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1991|3|21}} | align=right|{{convert|1.87|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | Outside hitter |
19 | style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CHN}} Jiang Chuan | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1994|8|9}} | align=right|{{convert|2.05|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | Opposite hitter |
20 | style="text-align:left;"|Daiki Abe | align=right|{{Birth date and age|2000|2|16}} | align=right|{{convert|1.81|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | Setter |
21 | style="text-align:left;"|Shuto Kawaguchi | style="text-align:right;"|{{Birth date and age|2000|8|9}} | align=right|{{convert|2.00|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | Middle blocker |
style="border-top:double;"colspan=5|Head coach: {{flagicon|ARG}} Raúl Lozano |
=Former roster=
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! colspan=6 | Team roster – Season 2022/23 | ||||
style="width:4em; color:#00B16B; background-color:#FFEF00"|No.
!style="width:10em; color:#00B16B; background-color:#FFEF00"|Name !style="width:14em; color:#00B16B; background-color:#FFEF00"|Date of birth !style="width:8em; color:#00B16B; background-color:#FFEF00"|Height !style="width:8em; color:#00B16B; background-color:#FFEF00"|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 (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}} | Libero |
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}} | Libero |
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 | 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 |
21 | style="text-align:left;"|Shuto Kawaguchi {{Tooltip|In|Informal player}} | style="text-align:right;"|{{Birth date and age|2000|8|9}} | {{convert|2.00|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | Middle blocker |
colspan=5 |Head coach: {{flagicon|ARG}} Raúl Lozano |
League results
{{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} Champion {{Color box|silver|border=darkgray}} Runner-up
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!style="width=200; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#16982B" colspan=2|League !style="width=100; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#16982B"|Position !style="width=60; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#16982B"|Teams !style="width=60; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#16982B"|Matches !style="width=60; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#16982B"|Win !style="width=60; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#16982B"|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 | 3rd | 8 | 29 | 17 | 12 | |
rowspan=5|V.League Division 1 | ||||||
bgcolor=silver | 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
- {{flagicon|RUS}} Igor Shulepov 1999-2000
- {{flagicon|RUS}} Ilya Savelev 2001-2004
- {{flagicon|USA}} Gabriel Gardner 2005-2006
- {{flagicon|UKR}} Maksym 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 2017–2022
- {{flagicon|CHN}} Liu Libin 2018-2019
- {{flagicon|TWN}} Chen Chien-Chen 2019–2022
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{commons category|JT Thunders}}
- [https://www.jti.co.jp/knowledge/thunders/index.html JTI oficial website] (ja)
{{V.League (Japan) Premier Men's}}
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Category:Sports clubs and teams in Hiroshima
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