Image source, Getty ImagesDearns moved to Japan from the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand as a 14-year-old
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Warner Dearns didn't want to go to Japan. Now, he doesn't want to leave.
A decade ago, Dearns' father Grant got a job as a strength and conditioning coach with top-flight Japanese side NEC Green Rockets, taking the family from New Zealand's North Island to a satellite city outside Tokyo.
For Dearns, like most 14-year-olds, swapping class-mates, countries, continents and cultures didn't appeal.
