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 Summ ...
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 ...
*Champions (×2): 2001 and 2004
*Runners-up (×5): 1969, 1977, 1978, 2010 and 2014
;
Emperor's Cup
, commonly known as or also Japan FA Cup is a Japanese football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football match in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formation of the J.League, Japan Football League and their predecessor, ...
*Champion (×3): 2007, 2015, 2018
*Runner-up (×1): 2009
League results
Champion Runner-up
Notable foreign players
*
Igor Shulepov
Igor Shulepov (russian: Игорь Шулепов, born 16 November 1972) is a Russian volleyball player born in Yekaterinburg who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially ...
1999-2000
*
Ilya Savelev
Ilya Savelev (russian: Илья Савельев, born 10 June 1971 in Moscow) is a Russian volleyball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as ...
2001-2004
*
Gabriel Gardner
Gabriel "Gabe" Bryan Gardner (born March 18, 1976, in San Diego, California) is an American professional volleyball player. He is a two-time Olympian, having played at the 2004 Athens Olympics and 2008 Beijing Olympics with the U.S. national te ...
2005-2006
*
Maxim Panteleymonenko 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 Repu ...
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
Dražen Luburić ( sr-cyr, Дражен Лубурић; born 2 November 1993) is a Serbian professional volleyball player, a member of the Serbia national team. The 2019 European Champion and the 2016 World League winner. At the professional c ...
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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