player 001

appearance

While masked, the mysterious character appears in an all-black outfit, including a black mask. His appearance stands out from the other staff members who wear bright red tracksuits with a black mask, each with a square, triangle, or circle symbol, depending on their respective ranks. During his infiltration as a regular player, he can be seen. With a calm and wordless personality, he also goes unnoticed by the rest of the players, he is there to constantly watch over player 456 and experience the game firsthand.

history

In 2015, Hwang In-ho was recruited to participate in Squid Game, eventually becoming the grand prize winner of that year. Following his win, Hwang remained involved in the survival conspiracy masterminded by Oh Il-nam, and became the Leader, the masked supervisor and administrator of the competition. His disappearance has since baffled In-ho's family, particularly his younger brother Hwang Jun-ho, who works as a police officer and detective at the Korean National Police Agency. Six years later, in 2020, In-ho continued to oversee the competition at the remote facility on an island southeast of the South Korean mainland. Unbeknownst to In-ho, the facility has been infiltrated by Jun-ho, disguised as a masked member of his staff. Following the resolution of the second game, after a player takes a staff member hostage (who then commits suicide upon realizing the staff member is a child), In-ho executes the child since he removed his face mask at gunpoint, violating the secrecy of the competition. In-ho later uncovers a conspiracy among his subordinates of a black market organ harvesting operation involving Player No. 111, a contestant who previously worked as a doctor. When this revelation came to light, In-ho executed the surviving soldier involved and had Player No. 111 killed by a gun squad. In-ho later had the bodies hung up to demonstrate to the surviving contestants the consequences of breaking the rules. At the same time, In-ho realizes that Officer #28 was murdered, leading him to believe that Officer #29 (Jun-ho) is a spy. In-ho orders a manhunt for Officer #29, unaware that he has infiltrated his office investigating In-ho's disappearance, presuming that he was one of the deceased contestants. He organizes