JT Thunders

JT Thunders

Founded	1931
Ground	Nekota Kinen Taiikukan Hiroshima city, Hiroshima, Japan
Manager Head Coach	Junichi Kuriuzawa Veselin Vuković
League	V.Premier League
2014-15	Champion
Website	Club home page

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 Hiroshima Senbai-kyoku (formerly JT Hiroshima) of the Ministry of Finance Japan.

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

League results

League		Position	Teams	Matches	Win	Lose
V.League	1st (1994–95)	5th	8	21	10	11
	2nd (1995–96)	3rd	8	21	13	8
	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
	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・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
	2013-14	Runner-up	8	28	18	10
	2014-15	Champion	8	27	20	7

Famous Player

• Chen Chien Chen 2019-
• Liu Libin 2018-2019
• Thomas Edgar 2017-
• Dražen Luburić 2016-2017
• Bartosz Kurek 2016
• Leandro Vissotto 2014-2015
• Igor Omrcen 2012-2014
• Ernardo Gómez 2008-2012
• Maxim Panteleymonenko 2007-2008
• Gabriel Gardner 2005-2005
• Ilya Savelev 2001-2004
• Igor Shulepov 1999-2000

External links

• JTI Official Website (ja)