Jaja Santiago

[7] She went on to play for the NU Lady Bulldogs volleyball team in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP).

She was also crowned as the Most Valuable Player in the 2016 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix in a back-to-back win with the Foton Tornadoes.

She was undecided if she was going to use her fifth and final year, after being eliminated by the UST Golden Tigresses in the UAAP Season 79 Women's Volleyball.

[12][13] Also winning the bronze medal in the PSL Grand Prix Conference with the Foton Tornadoes along with the 1st Best Opposite Spiker award.

[14][15] Santiago was part of the PSL All Stars selection team formed to represent the hosts of the 2016 FIVB Club World Championship which was held in Manila.

[21] after she was unable to rejoin Foton, which renamed themselves as Chery Tigo, for the 2020 PSL Grand Prix which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[23][22] Shortly after, Santiago bared that Ageo Medics has convinced her to change her citizenship to Japanese through naturalization which would enable the club to field her as a local.

[25] Santiago returned to the Philippines to play for the Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers, which has transferred from the PSL to the newly fully-professionalized Premier Volleyball League (PVL).

[36] Despite obtaining Japanese citizenship by August 2024,[37][38] Santiago remains ineligible to play for the Japanese national team due to a newly imposed regulation by the FIVB in May 2024; since she has played for the Philippine national team already her "federation of origin" remains to be Philippines.

Santiago remains eligible to play for the Philippine national team on the basis of her federation of origin despite her Japanese citizenship and passport.

[48][49] On August 17, 2024, Santiago announced on her Instagram account that she had finally obtained her Japanese citizenship under the name Sachi Minowa.