The winner of the Squid Recreation that passed off three years in the past within the unique season, Gi-hun has determined to re-enter in an try to determine who continues to be operating it after the loss of life of recreation creator Oh Il-nam, with a purpose to take them down. Gi-hun has turn into consumed by his grief and trauma over his experiences within the video games, and has spent the previous three years utilizing the blood-money prize he earned (45.6 billion in South Korean received) to analyze the video games.

By the tip of Season 2, Gi-hun has constructed a crew of followers who’re additionally attempting to cease the video games and managed to steer an rebellion towards the guards, however misplaced his finest buddy and fellow participant Jung-bae within the course of.

The present head of the Squid Recreation, following the loss of life of recreation creator Oh Il-nam on the finish of Season 1. In-ho has been working for the video games since successful them himself years in the past, main the pink masked guards whereas sporting his personal all-black uniform.

In Season 2, In-ho decides to comply with in Oh Il-nam’s footsteps and enter the video games as Participant 001, with a purpose to educate a lesson to Gi-hun upon his return to the sport. Gi-hun, who solely ever encountered the Entrance Man when he was masked, has no concept that In-ho, who goes by the title Younger-il through the video games, is the person in cost. He befriends Gi-hun and saves him and his mates a number of instances through the video games, solely to pretend his personal loss of life after which return to his masked function because the Entrance Man. Within the last moments of Season 2, whereas masked, he kills Jung-bae in entrance Gi-hun, undermining the rebellion.

A police officer who infiltrated the Squid Recreation in Season 1 in hopes of discovering his misplaced brother In-ho, who has been lacking since he entered the video games. On the finish of Season 1, Jun-ho finds his brother, In-ho, however it seems he’s now the Entrance Man answerable for the sport. In-ho shoots Jun-ho off the highest of a cliff, seemingly letting him fall to his loss of life. Jun-ho recovers and is working as a visitors cop at the beginning of Season 2. He then goes on to workforce up with Gi-hun and Woo-seok to attempt to get again to the video games and cease them.

A girl who works in an amusement park after escaping from North Korea to South Korea and having been separated from her toddler daughter within the course of. She pays investigators to search for her daughter along with her small wage, however then takes a job as one of many masked pink guards on the video games in alternate for a proposal of assist to search out her youngster. Whereas working as a guard within the video games, she makes an attempt to assist a number of the gamers, together with Participant 246, whom she acknowledges as a former co-worker whose younger daughter is sick with most cancers.

At the beginning of Season 2, Woo-seok was employed by Gi-hun to search for The Recruiter who brings individuals into the Squid Recreation. He labored for Mr. Kim, a former mortgage shark of Gi-hun’s who trusts that one thing about Gi-hun’s story relating to the video games have to be true as a result of he was in a position to pay again his huge debt three years in the past. Mr. Kim is Woo-seok’s boss and buddy, and Woo-seok turns into invested in serving to Gi-hun and Jun-ho discover the individuals behind the video games when Mr. Kim is killed by The Recruiter.

A former cryptocurrency influencer who, after dropping a hefty sum of money and incurring big losses for himself and his subscribers, turns into a fugitive till his involvement within the recreation. He discovers he’s within the video games together with his former lover Jun-hee/Participant 222, who’s pregnant together with his youngster. He oscillates between doing what’s finest when wanting to guard Jun-hee and the infant and eager to win the massive sum of cash on the finish of the video games. He killed Thanos by stabbing him within the neck with a fork throughout a battle that broke out one evening within the barracks.

A powerful-willed girl who participates within the recreation attributable to dangerous investments made on the recommendation of the
influencer Myung-gi. It’s quickly revealed that Jun-hee has entered the lethal competitors whereas pregnant together with his child. She makes mates with Gi-hun and his workforce through the video games.

A younger participant within the video games who’s rapidly drawn to Gi-hun’s group and bonds with Jung-bae over their shared army backgrounds. He’s partly accountable for Jung-bae’s loss of life on the finish of Season 2, as he runs again to get extra ammo through the rebellion within the finale, however freezes and doesn’t return to assist.

A transgender girl who enters the video games in hopes of constructing sufficient cash to finish her transition course of. She turns into mates with Gi-hun and his workforce. The character is performed by cisgender male actor Park Sung-hoon. “I used to be fairly amazed on the alternative — I felt like as an actor it was going to be fairly the problem,” Park informed Selection. “I did have issues about portraying a trans girl as a result of I’m a cisgender man, so I actually needed to strategy it as cautiously and thoughtfully as attainable.”

Like many different gamers within the Squid Recreation, Nam-gyu joins the video games as a result of he’s deeply in debt after following cryptocurrency recommendation from Myung-gi/Participant 333. Nam-gyu rapidly befriended Thanos within the video games, however turned on him by the tip of Season 2.

A compulsive gambler neck-deep in debt who finds his personal mom, Participant 149, is a participant within the recreation. He and his mom turn into a part of Gi-hun’s workforce.

A headstrong girl with a powerful drive to offer for her household. She joins the sport with the intention
of paying off her son, Yong-sik’s, money owed — solely to search out that he’s joined the sport as properly, as Participant 007. She and her son turn into a part of Gi-hun’s workforce.

An clever participant who tried to align himself with the late Thanos and his cohort and befriends Se-mi within the video games. Throughout an evening assault within the barracks, Min-su watches Se-mi be killed with out stepping in to avoid wasting her.

A person who works as a caricaturist at an amusement park (the identical one No-eul labored at) who enters the video games to pay for his younger daughter’s most cancers remedies. No-eul spots him competing within the video games when she is serving as one of many pink guards. He’s a part of Gi-hun’s rebellion on the finish of Season 2.

A shaman whose seemingly incoherent ramblings rub lots of the different gamers the unsuitable means. She has been related to Gi-hun’s workforce throughout some video games, and their enemies throughout others.

An older man who joined the video games to attempt to get himself out of debt, he persistently votes to proceed with the video games when the gamers are given the choice to finish the video games all through Season 2. He and his group are rivals to Gi-hun’s peaceable workforce within the video games.