{{Short description|Japanese volleyball club}} {{clear|right}} {{Infobox volleyball club | clubname = Saga Hisamitsu Springs | short name = Hisamitsu Springs | nickname = | image = 200px | fullname = | founded = | dissolved = | ground = Kobe, Hyogo and<br>Tosu, Saga <br> Japan. | capacity = | chairman = | mgrtitle = Manager<br>Head coach | manager = {{flagicon|Japan}} Akira Kayashima<br>{{flagicon|Japan}} Kumi Nakada | captain = {{flagicon|Japan}} Erika Sakae | league = SV.League | season = 2025/26 | position = '''Champions''' | website = https://saga-springs.co.jp/ <!--- | pattern_b1 = | pattern_ra1 = | pattern_s1 = | leftarm1 = | body1 = | rightarm1 = | shorts1 = | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | pattern_s2 = | leftarm2 = | body2 = | rightarm2 = | shorts2 = | current = ---> }}
{{nihongo|'''Saga Hisamitsu Springs'''|SAGA久光スプリングス}} is a women's volleyball team based in Kobe city, Hyogo and Tosu city, Saga, Japan. It plays in SV.League. The club was founded in 1948.
In July 2020 the team announced an official name change from "Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Springs" to "Hisamitsu Springs" and unveiled a new team mascot and logo. <ref>{{cite web |title=Notice of new system for 2020/21 season |url=https://saga-springs.co.jp/2020/07/03/2020-21-info/ |website=Hisamitsu Springs Official Web Site |publisher=SAGA HISAMITSU SPRINGS Co., Ltd. |access-date=11 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hisamitsu Springs announces new system |url=http://vbm.link/40377/ |website=Volleyball Magazine |publisher=studio108 |access-date=11 August 2020}}</ref> On August 7, 2020 Hisamitsu Springs concluded " a cooperation agreement with Tosu City to further revitalize the region and economy through the volleyball business, and we will proceed with concrete efforts".<ref>{{cite web |title=Concluding a partnership agreement with Tosu City |url=https://saga-springs.co.jp/2020/08/07/%e9%b3%a5%e6%a0%96%e5%b8%82%e3%81%a8%e3%81%ae%e9%80%a3%e6%90%ba%e5%8d%94%e5%ae%9a%e7%b7%a0%e7%b5%90%e3%81%a4%e3%81%84%e3%81%a6/ |website=Hisamitsu Springs Official Web Site |publisher=SAGA HISAMITSU SPRINGS Co., Ltd |access-date=10 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hisamitsu Springs Signed a partnership agreement with Tosu City |url=http://vbm.link/40803/ |website=Volleyball Magazine |publisher=studio108 |access-date=10 August 2020}}</ref>
Hisamitsu Springs won the ''V.Premier League'' final for the seventh time on April 13, 2018, beating Toray Arrows.
The owner of the team is Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical.
==Home arena== On May 10, 2023, the Salonpas Arena was opened to the public in Tosu, Saga. With a maximum of 1400 seats, the new arena is the home arena of Hisamitsu Springs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=J1鳥栖のホーム近くに「サロンパスアリーナ」オープン 「強さを磨き、地域に愛され」（西スポWEB OTTO！） |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/9e49b200b8534dc03d0ac7b13c7b34eb3897c17c |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Yahoo!ニュース |language=ja}}</ref>
==Honours== ;Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premiere League :Champions (8): 2001–2002, 2006–2007, 2012–2013, 2013–2014, 2015–2016, 2017–2018, 2018–2019, 2021-2022 :Runners-up (6): 2000–2001, 2005–2006, 2008–2009, 2011–2012, 2014–2015, 2016-2017 ;Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship :Champions (3): 2006, 2007 and 2013 :Runner-up (1): 2009 ;Empress's Cup :Champions (8): 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021 :Runners-up (1): 2007-08 ;Domestic Sports Festival (Volleyball) :Champions (5): 1980, 1983, 1986, 1989 and 2012 :Runners-up (3): 2011, 2014 and 2016 ;AVC Club Volleyball Championship :Champions (2): 2002 and 2014 :Runners-up (1): 2015 and 2017
==League results== {|class="wikitable" border="1" !width=200 colspan=2|League !width=100|Position !width=60 align=center|Teams !width=60|Matches !width=60|Win !width=60|Lose |- |align=center rowspan=6|Japan League||15th (1981–82)||align=center| 6th ||align=center| 8 ||align=center| 21||align=center|6||align=center|15 |- ||16th (1982–83)||align=center|8th||align=center| 8 ||align=center| 21||align=center|0||align=center|21 |- ||18th (1984–85)||align=center|8th||align=center| 8 ||align=center| 21||align=center|3||align=center|18 |- ||21st (1987–88)||align=center|8th||align=center| 8 ||align=center| 14||align=center|2||align=center|12 |- ||25th (1991–92)||align=center|6th||align=center| 8 ||align=center| 14||align=center|4||align=center|10 |- ||26th (1992–93)||align=center|8th||align=center| 8 ||align=center| 14||align=center|1||align=center|13 |- |align=center rowspan=7|V・League||1st (1994–95)||align=center|8th||align=center| 8 ||align=center| 21||align=center|0||align=center|21 |- ||7th (2000–01)||align=center| Runner-up ||align=center| 10 ||align=center| 18||align=center|12||align=center|6 |- ||8th (2001–02)||align=center|Champion||align=center| 9 ||align=center| 16||align=center|11||align=center|5 |- ||9th (2002–03)||align=center|4th||align=center| 8 ||align=center| 21||align=center|14||align=center|7 |- ||10th (2003–04)||align=center|3rd||align=center| 10 ||align=center| 18||align=center|12||align=center|6 |- ||11th (2004–05)||align=center|6th||align=center| 10 ||align=center| 27||align=center|14||align=center|13 |- ||12th (2005–06)||align=center|Runner-up||align=center| 10 ||align=center| 27||align=center|21||align=center|6 |- |align=center rowspan=12|V・Premier||2006-07||align=center|Champion||align=center| 10 ||align=center| 27||align=center|20||align=center|7 |- ||2007-08||align=center|3rd||align=center| 10 ||align=center| 27||align=center|18||align=center|9 |- ||2008-09||align=center|Runner-up||align=center| 10 ||align=center| 27||align=center|19||align=center|8 |- ||2009-10||align=center|4th||align=center| 8 ||align=center| 28||align=center|20||align=center|8 |- ||2010-11||align=center|3rd||align=center| 8 ||align=center| 26||align=center|16||align=center|10 |- ||2011-12||align=center|Runner-up||align=center| 8 ||align=center| 21||align=center|15||align=center|6 |- ||2012-13||align=center|Champion||align=center| 8 ||align=center| 28||align=center|21||align=center|7 |- ||2013-14||align=center|Champion||align=center| 8 ||align=center| 28||align=center|23||align=center|5 |- ||2014-15||align=center|Runner-up||align=center| 8 ||align=center| 27||align=center|22||align=center|5 |- ||2015-16||align=center|Champion||align=center| 8 ||align=center| 21||align=center|15||align=center|6 |- ||2016-17||align=center|Runner-up||align=center| 8 ||align=center| 21||align=center|14||align=center|7 |- ||2017-18||align=center|Champion|| align="center" | 8 ||align=center| 21||align=center|21|| align="center" |0 |- | rowspan="4" align="center" |V.League Division 1 (V1)||2018–19||align=center|Champion ||align=center| 11 ||align=center| 20||align=center| 18||align=center| 2 |- ||2019–20||align=center|7th ||align=center| 12 ||align=center| 21||align=center| 10||align=center| 11 |- ||2020–21||align=center|8th ||align=center| 12 ||align=center|21||align=center| 10||align=center| 11 |- |2021-22||align=center|Champion||align=center|12||align=center|33||align=center|21||align=center|10 |- | align="center" |SV.League |2024-25 | align="center" |3rd | align="center" |14 | align="center" |44 | align="center" |30 | align="center" |14 |}
==Current squad== 2025-2026 squad as of December 2024 <ref>{{Cite web |title=選手 |url=https://saga-springs.co.jp/player/ |access-date=2025-11-19 |website=SAGA久光スプリングス |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=SAGA Hisamitsu Springs Teams / Players |url=https://www.svleague.jp/en/sv_women/team/detail/261 |access-date=2025-11-19 |website=SV League/Japan Volleyball League SVL Official website WOMEN |language=ja}}</ref>
* Head coach: {{flagicon|Japan}} Kumi Nakada {|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;" |- !No. !style="width:20em"|Name !style="width:7em"|Position !style="width:14em"|Date of birth !style="width:8em"|Height (m) |- |align=center|2 |align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Ayaka Araki |align=center|Middle Blocker |align=right|{{Birth date and age|2001|9|2|df=y}} |align=left|{{convert|1.85|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |- | align="center" |3 | align="left" |{{flagicon|Japan}} Ayane Kitamado | align="center" |Outside Hitter | align="right" |{{Birth date and age|2004|7|6|df=y}} | align="left" |{{convert|1.83|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |- |align=center|4 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Stephanie Samedy |align=center|Opposite Hitter |align=right|{{Birth date and age|1998|9|27|df=y}} |align=left|{{convert|1.88|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |- |align=center|5 |align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Sae Nakajima |align=center|Outside Hitter |align=right|{{Birth date and age|1999|6|18|df=y}} |align=left|{{convert|1.74|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |- | align="center" |6 | align="left" |{{flagicon|Japan}} Megumi Fukazawa | align="center" |Outside Hitter | align="right" |{{Birth date and age|2003|4|17|df=y}} | align="left" |{{convert|1.76|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |- |align=center|7 |align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Minami Nishimura |align=center|Libero |align=right|{{Birth date and age|2000|3|23|df=y}} |align=left|{{convert|1.68|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |- |align=center|8 |align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Shion Hirayama |align=center|Middle Blocker |align=right|{{Birth date and age|2000|11|7|df=y}} |align=left|{{convert|1.80|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |- |align=center|9 |align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Manami Mandai |align=center|Setter |align=right|{{Birth date and age|1998|5|17|df=y}} |align=left|{{convert|1.68|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |- |align=center|10 |align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Aki Momii |align=center|Setter |align=right|{{Birth date and age|2000|10|7|df=y}} |align=left|{{convert|1.76|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |- |align=center|11 |align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Erika Sakae (C) |align=center|Setter |align=right|{{Birth date and age|1991|4|3|df=y}} |align=left|{{convert|1.68|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |- | align="center" |12 | align="left" |{{flagicon|Greece}} Olga Strantzali | align="center" |Outside Hitter | align="right" |{{Birth date and age|1996|1|12|df=y}} | align="left" |{{convert|1.85|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |- |align=center|13 |align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Mika Yoshitake |align=center|Outside Hitter |align=right|{{Birth date and age|2003|4|20|df=y}} |align=left|{{convert|1.82|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |- |align=center|19 |align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Miina Inoue |align=center|Middle Blocker |align=right|{{Birth date and age|2006|1|22|df=y}} |align=left|{{convert|1.81|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |- |align=center|20 |align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Aoi Takahashi |align=center|Libero |align=right|{{Birth date and age|2005|12|26|df=y}} |align=left|{{convert|1.71|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |- | align="center" |22 | align="left" |{{flagicon|THA}} Hattaya Bamrungsuk | align="center" |Middle Blocker | align="right" |{{Birth date and age|1993|8|12|df=y}} | align="left" |{{convert|1.80|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |}
==Former players== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} '''Domestic players''' ;{{JPN}} *Shizuka Hyodo (2007–2009) *Maiko Hanzawa (2007–2009) *Ai Yamamoto (2008–2009) *Aya Mikami (2006–2009) *Eri Tokugawa (2006–2009) *Naoko Hashimoto (2003–2009) *Miki Ishii (2008–2010) *Shuka Oyama (2001–2010) *Miyuki Kano (2006–2010) *Kanako Omura (2000–2010) *Yuko Sano (2006–2010) *Mizuho Ishida (2009–2015) *Kanako Hirai (2007–2014) *Maiko Kano (2012–2015) *Risa Ishibashi (2012–2017 *Chizuru Koto (2009–2019) *Akane Ukishima (2015–2018) Transferred to Kurobe AquaFairies *Fumika Moriya (2014–2019) Transferred to Denso Airybees *Sayaka Tsutsui (2016–2019) Transferred to PFU BlueCats *Risa Shinnabe (2009–2020) *Nana Iwasaka (2009–2021) *Kotoki Zayasu (2008–2016, 2017–2021) *Ayano Nakaoji Kojima (2013–2017, 2019–2021) *Yuki Ishii (2010-2023){{col-2}} '''Foreign players''' ;{{BRA}} *Ana Paula Lopes Ferreira (2006–2007, 2011–2012) *Elisângela Oliveira (2009–2011) *{{Interlanguage link multi|Cibele Barboza|fr}} (2013–2014) *Fabiana Claudino (2019–2020) ;{{CRO}} *Nataša Osmokrović (1996–1997) ;{{CUB}} *Kenia Carcaces (2005–2006) ;{{GRE}} *Olga Strantzali (2025-) ;{{KAZ}} *Yelena Pavlova (2007–2008) ;{{NED}} *Francien Huurman (2002–2003) ;{{SRB}} *Brankica Mihajlović (2014–2015) ;{{THA}} *Chitaporn Kamlangmak (2023-2024) *Hattaya Bamrungsuk (2025-) ;{{USA}} *Logan Tom (2008–2009) *Foluke Akinradewo (2017–2019) *McKenzie Adams (2023-2024) *Stephanie Samedy (2024-) {{col-end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{V.League (Japan) Premier Women's}}
Category:Women's volleyball clubs in Japan Category:Volleyball clubs established in 1948 Category:1948 establishments in Japan Category:Sports clubs and teams in Kobe Category:Sports clubs and teams in Saga Prefecture