He's as much of fan as he is gay.
What do I mean by this? He's trophy collecting. Like that one Professor in Harry Potter, the guy that was in Game of Thrones. He's "collecting" star students with accolades so he could share or steal their limelight. That's exactly what he's doing.
Pekora played the Metal Gear series and it had a huge following. Kojima saw that as an opportunity to shoehorn himself in between, so he gets the spotlight instead.
That's what he's doing with all the Hollywood stars in his games, too. Like you know how Lucas, Spielberg, and even Ridley Scott has their "pet" actors like Harisson Ford and Rutger Hauer? It's exactly like, they produced "star vehicle" films that made the actors famous, basically kickstarting their career. Then both the film, actor and director/producer as well become iconic from the collab.
That's what Kojima is doing, he wanted his own Harrison Ford. He wished he Kurt Russell was his trophy. So he settled with Norman Reedus. He's claiming Reedus as his "star". Kinda lame and ironic considering Reedus was already popular from TWD.
But that's the whole point, the proof, that Kojima is a hack. He only wanted the most sensational current actors, the most currently hyped cast. Nobody cared for Reedus when he was the sleazy scum in Blade 2, Boondocks was cringe. He only got big through TWD, and it's only when Reedus sported that shoulder length hair and a vest, a crossbow that he resembled Kurt Rusell signsture look (which Kojima obviously had a homing dick for). Same with Mikkelsen, nobody noticed him until Hannibal. Same with Kiefer Sutherland. 24 was HUGE in Japan. Touch was popular as well.
It's like the Twotter pic of himself wearing pink rainbow LGBT shirt whatever. Is he really a fucking faggot, considering his games is chock full of LBGT shit, or is he just baiting for support, from the LGBT community. It's like virtue signalling or whatever, but for fame, attenion seeking. Clout chasing.