| I'd been living in Japan for a few years after | | | | Prefecture was about to start and was |
| giving up my Police career as a Detective in | | | | advertising for staff. Without phoning the station |
| Melbourne, Australia. I was fluent in Japanese and | | | | for an appointment she went to the station burst |
| had done a number of TV programs here in | | | | through the doors and asked for a job as a DJ. |
| Japan, when my future turned from TV to Radio. | | | | Ryoko got the job and the owner of the |
| One day I bumped into a guy who I went to | | | | production company for the radio station asked |
| school with when I was an exchange student for | | | | her if she knew any foreigners that spoke |
| one year here in Niigata, Japan. He'd gotten into | | | | Japanese well. She told him of me and one other |
| the dating business and asked me if I would be | | | | guy. Now the guy I was doing the MC dating |
| the MC at the dating parties which are where | | | | work for rang me and said, "I'm going to do a |
| guys and girls come together and exchange | | | | dating corner on this new radio station called FM |
| profiles and get to meet each other. It's good | | | | Port, Niigata. The corner will be about love and |
| because it gives them an opportunity to meet | | | | dating and I want you to do the corner on the |
| others. | | | | radio, so come with me to FM Port to talk with |
| Unknown to me, a female spy from one of the | | | | production company boss. |
| other dating groups in town had joined the party | | | | I went with him to FM Port and for the 30 |
| to see how we run our parties. Luckily I was the | | | | minutes we were there the boss of the |
| MC at that party. She turned out to be a high | | | | production company spoke to me about lots of |
| spirited person, and a person who was to be my | | | | things. I didn't think it was an interview so I just |
| partner for 18 months on radio. Her name was | | | | talked and joked with the boss. I was then |
| Ryoko Mizobuchi. | | | | offered a job as a radio DJ, 4 hours on air |
| Ryoko whilst now working for her dating | | | | everyday except Sunday! The boss told me to |
| company had previously worked on radio as a DJ | | | | come back the following Tuesday for a final |
| and wanted to return to radio. A new radio | | | | interview and test. Heck I didn't even know that |
| station covering the whole of the Niigata | | | | our chat was an interview. |