One of the leading Japanese women's volleyball teams, Hisamitsu Springs has just announced the famous owner Yuki Ishii will officially retire after closing this season.
This information surprised many people because Yuki Ishii was still the pillar of this team as well as one of the most famous stars of Japanese women's volleyball for many years.
According to the shared information, Yuki Ishii will officially retire on June 30 and the last tournament she attended will be the Final 4 Finals in the Japanese National Championship will start on April 8.
Thus, Yuki Ishii will not join Hisamitsu Springs to Vietnam to attend the Championship of Asian Women's Clubs 2023 as previously rumored information.
This is definitely unhappy news for Vietnamese volleyball fans when Yuki Ishii is one of the most awaited stars in the opening tournament in late April in Vinh Phuc.
Yuki Ishii was born in 1991, discovered from the Shujitsu High School's training furnace before moving to Hisamitsu Springs. Throughout her career, she only played for this team from 2010 to the present.
Possessing a height of 1.80m and an impressive fighting style, Yuki Ishii was soon called to the Japanese national team from a very young age. She wears Japanese women's volleyball shirts from 2011-2021.
After the Tokyo Olympic Games, when coach Manabe returned to power, Yuki Ishii was no longer competing on the national team. The decision to retire at her 32nd age is said to be appropriate when most Japanese women's volleyball stars retain quite early.