24 Facts About Jaja Santiago

Jaja Santiago declined as she was hesitant to be away from her family back in the Philippines.

Jaja Santiago went on to play for the NU Lady Bulldogs volleyball team in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines.

Jaja Santiago led the Bulldogs to win back-to-back championships in the Shakey's V-League 13th Season Collegiate Conference without her sister Dindin to support her, despite that, she was crowned as the Conference Most Valuable Player award and the Best Middle Blocker.

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

Jaja Santiago started her rookie collegiate volleyball career with the UST Golden Tigresses, with her sister Dindin before transferring to National University to follow her sister.

Jaja Santiago 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.

Jaja Santiago holds the record of the youngest player to ever play in Shakey's V-League.

Jaja Santiago joined NU as Guest Player in Season 7 Conference 2 at the age of 14.

In 2017, Jaja Santiago won the Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Collegiate Conference championship with the NU Lady Bulldogs and was named the conference MVP.

Jaja 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.

Jaja Santiago returned the Philippines to feature for the Foton Tornadoes in the 2019 PSL All-Filipino Conference.

Shortly after, Jaja 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.

However, Jaja Santiago was non-committal and maintained that she still has pride in being a Filipino citizen.

Jaja 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.

Jaja Santiago rejected offer to play for a club in Taiwan so she could play for Chery in the PVL.

Jaja Santiago was a member of the Philippine national team that played in Singapore during the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, as well as in Kuala Lumpur during the 2017 Southeast Asian Games.

Jaja Santiago last played for the national team in 2022 at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games, which was held in Vietnam.

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

Jaja Santiago's father Jojo was a basketballer who played for the University of Manila Hawks and the San Juan Knights in the now defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association.

Jaja Santiago obtained a bachelor's degree in psychology in 2020 at NU, two years after her stint in the UAAP.

Jaja Santiago is married to Japanese coach Taka Minowa of Ageo Medics since August 2022.

Jaja Santiago previously had Chery teammate Maika Ortiz as her girlfriend.

Jaja Santiago announced that they had ended their relationship in July 2022.

Jaja Santiago has received an offer from her club Ageo Medics to help her acquire Japanese citizenship as early as April 2021, which would make her eligible to play for the Japanese national team.