Gi-hun, the winner of the Squid game that took place three years ago, has decided to participate again to find out who is still running it after the death of game developer Oh Il-nam and eliminate them. Gi-hun, overwhelmed by his grief and trauma over being the sole survivor of the final games, has spent the last three years trying to use the blood money he earned (45.6 billion South Korean won). to track the games again.

The current leader of the Squid Game, following the death of game developer Oh Il-nam at the end of the first season. In-ho has been working for the games since winning them himself years ago, leading the pink-masked guards while wearing his own all-black uniform.

Spoiler alert: This year, In-ho decides to follow in Oh Il-nam’s footsteps and enter the games as Player 001 to teach Gi-hun a lesson upon his return to the game. Gi-hun, who only met the frontman in a mask, has no idea that In-ho, who performs under the name Young-il during the games, is the man in charge.

A police officer who infiltrated the Squid Game in Season 1 in hopes of finding his lost brother In-ho, who has been missing since he entered the games. At the end of the first season, Jun-ho finds his brother In-ho, but it turns out that he is now the frontman running the game. In-ho shoots Jun-ho off the top of a cliff, sending him seemingly falling to his death. Jun-ho recovers and works as a traffic police officer at the start of the second season.

Returning from Season 1, this man is responsible for going out and recruiting hapless people to take part in the games. He selects candidates and challenges them to a game of Ddakji, slaps them if they lose, and gives them money and an invitation to participate in the Squid Game if they win. He recruited Gi-hun in Season 1.

A woman who works at an amusement park after fleeing North Korea to South Korea and becoming separated from her young daughter. She pays investigators with her small salary to search for her daughter, but then takes a job as one of the masked pink guards at the games and in return receives an offer of help in finding her child. While working as a guard at the games, she tries to help some players, including player 246, whom she recognizes as a former colleague whose young daughter has cancer.

Mr. Kim (top right) and Woo-seok (top left) are two of the men Gi-hun hired to look for the recruiter to bring people into the Squid Game. Mr. Kim is a former loan shark of Gi-hun’s who trusts that there must be some truth in Gi-hun’s story regarding the games since he was able to repay him a huge debt three years ago. Mr. Kim is Woo-seok’s boss and friend, and Woo-seok is equally committed to helping Gi-hun find the people behind the games.

A long-time friend and former colleague of Gi-hun, who was last seen playing with Gi-hun
at the horse racing track in Season 1. Gi-hun is shocked to find that Jung-bae has participated in the games when Gi-hun returns to try to defeat her from within.

A former cryptocurrency influencer who, after losing a large sum of cash and suffering huge losses for himself and his subscribers, goes on the run until he gets caught up in the game.

A strong-willed woman who enters the game because of bad investments made on the advice of someone
Influencers. It soon turns out that Jun-hee joined the deadly competition while pregnant with the baby of her estranged lover and now teammate Myung-gi.

A young player in the games who quickly finds himself drawn to Gi-hun’s group and bonds with Jung-bae due to their shared military background.

A transgender woman who competes in the games in hopes of earning enough money to complete her transition process. The character is played by cisgender male actor Park Sung-hoon. In an interview with TV Guide, “Squid Game” creator Hwang Dong-hyuk explained his casting decision: “In the beginning, we did research and I thought about doing an authentic casting of a trans actor.” When we were in Korea “When we researched it, there were almost no actors who were openly transsexual, let alone openly gay, because unfortunately the LGBTQ community is currently marginalized and neglected in Korean society, which is heartbreaking.”

A famous rapper who enters the games because he is deeply in debt due to a cryptocurrency crash. The character is played by real-life South Korean rapper Choi Seung-hyun, better known by his stage name TOP

Like many other players, Nam-gyu joins the games because he is heavily in debt after following player 333’s cryptocurrency advice. Nam-gyu quickly becomes friends with Thanos in the games.

A compulsive gambler, up to his neck in debt, finds his own mother, Player 149, involved in the game.

A stubborn woman with a strong will to provide for her family. She participates in the game with intention
to pay off her son Yong-sik’s debts – only to discover that he is also in the game as player 007.

A player who works alongside both Min-su and Thanos in the games.

An intelligent player who attempts to ally with Thanos and his cohort and befriends Se-mi in the games.

A man who works as a cartoonist at an amusement park (the same one where No-eul worked) who takes part in the games to pay for his young daughter’s cancer treatments. No-eul spots him at the games while serving as one of the pink guards.

A woman entering the games after, like several others in this year’s games, found herself deep in debt after following player 333’s advice on cryptocurrencies.

A shaman whose seemingly incoherent ramblings annoy many of the other players.