Name: Patrick (Paddy)
Hometown: Birmingham, England
Occupation: Entrepreneur
Age: 37
Hobbies: scuba diving,chess,travelling,singing karaoke and sailing.
Favourite Japanese food: Mabo Dofu,Champon,Gyoza and of course Hiroshima Okonomiyaki.
Least favourite Japanese food: pigs ears and trotters,cows tongue,chicken neck and skin.
Favourite Japanese place: Zamami Island near Okinawa and sailing around the inland sea and backside of Miyajima.
Scared of: swimming in open water alone, being eaten by sharks or crocodiles.
Most exciting Japan experience: river tubing after largest typhoon in Hiroshima's history, rafting alone for two days down the Shimanto River, and Japan Quest 1.
Future plan: to sail from Hiroshima, island hopping south to Amami Island and Okinawa.
Former nicknames: patty the fatty, Bod, heffahead, paddy l'amour, heffanannygrannysfanny, patou.
Things you didn't know: I have over 50 Irish dancing medals and trophies.
I have played chess against Nigel Short.
I'm a qualified French teacher.
I'm 3 minutes older than my brother.
I used to live on Penny Lane.
Noel Gallagher from Oasis stopped playing "Wonderwall" live on stage to talk to me.