Asako Oh, a Japan women's basketball national team center, balked at enrolling in a Japanese high school about a decade ago. Now she has no regrets about her decision.
Oh, a native of Tianjin, China, was persuaded to come to Japan by Mitsuo Yasue, head coach of the Gifu Girls' High School basketball team, when she was in junior high.
For Oh, or Wan Cen Jing as she was known back then, her mind was made up. She never wanted to leave her native country, and she told Yasue and her Chinese coach at the time so.