Hideo Kojima has bemoaned the fact that he has trouble getting a loan in Japan in spite of his successful career as a video game producer.
Kojima revealed that his fame and success as a video game creator has done little to help him in acquiring loans in Japan. One of the crucial details of this difficulty is that most of his notable achievements are not under his own name, since he was working for Konami at the time.
The Metal Gear creator added that he had trouble renting a nice building for Kojima Studios, since landlords were apparently unable to understand what his company did.
Kojima claims he was only able to get a loan and a decent office because he eventually managed to find loan officers and landlords who were big fans of his work.