Hwang In-Ho(Squid Games)

Hwang In-Ho

In-ho was invited to compete in Oh Il-nam's survival competition in 2015 as Player 132 and ultimately won. Later, he went on to become Il-nam's right-hand man, the Front Man. In 2020, while In-ho worked overseeing the games, his sudden disappearance bewildered Jun-ho, leading him to conduct his own investigation. While participating in the 2024 Squid Game as Player 001, In-ho went by the the fake name Oh Young-il. He did so to subvert Seong Gi-hun's plan to dismantle the games by posing as a team ally while secretly orchestrating the plan's failure. As the Front Man, In-ho is very strict and ruthless to keep the order within the games and keep his underlings under control, executing the ones who break the rules and disturb the games. He believes in equality and that the games are actually a last chance in life to the contestants, as they play a fair game under the same conditions after suffering because of the inequality and discrimination in the outside world. Despite this belief, In-ho also views the players as a way of entertainment to the rich gamblers behind the games, as he later explains to Gi-hun that the contestants are similar to the horses he bets on races. In-ho does not tolerate anyone disturbing the equality of the games and will eliminate players and the masked workers who violate this rule. He also values the secrecy of the games, as seen when he immediately kills the masked manager that is forced to reveal his face to a player. Despite being a firm and stern person, he is polite and always acts in a sophisticated manner. He also respects the one above him, the Host and the funders, the VIPs. He ends the nighttime brawl at Il-nam's pleading, accepts Il-nam's request to receive the VIPs, making preparations for their arrival and then attending and trying to please them while they watch the games.

Hwang In-Ho

After Il-nam's death, In-ho visits his house to pay his respects to him. In-ho is also respectful towards Seong Gi-hun after he wins the games, congratulating Gi-hun and admitting he wasn't expecting him to go so far in the competition. In-ho tells Gi-hun to think of it all like a bad dream, implying he is aware that Gi-hun will be left with trauma which he himself possible suffers due to having won the Squid Game previously and sincerely telling him to get on the plane and move on with his life for his own good. In-ho seems to be close to his family, especially to his brother, as they noticed his absence just a few days after the games started and Jun-ho infiltrates the Squid Game just to look for him. This is also evidenced by Jun-ho saying that In-ho gave him his own kidney and by In-ho trying to keep his brother alive, as he orders the masked soldiers not to kill him after learning the identity of the intruder. Later, he even breaks the rule of secrecy by revealing his face to Jun-ho in an attempt to ask his brother to come with him so he can ensure his safety. Upon being refused, he simply shoots Jun-ho non-fatally in the shoulder, instead of fatally like he did to anyone else. After shooting Jun-ho, In-ho is haunted by his own action, showing that In-ho does care about his brother and feels remorse about what he did. It's even implied he told a fisherman to save his life and watch over him to keep him away from the Squid Game island. It's later revealed that In-ho had a pregnant wife, whom he deeply loved to the point of joining the game's in an attempt to help her. However, he became disillusioned after her and their unborn child's death. In-ho still loves her to this day, visiting her grave to plant flowers on the anniversary. During the 36th Squid Game, while acting as a player, he showed kindness to Kim Jun-hee upon hearing she was pregnant (even offering her his milk), perhaps because she reminded him of his late pregnant wife.

Hwang In-Ho

He also protected Jun-hee's baby's father (Lee Myung-gi) from Thanos and Nam-gyu. When Thanos insulted In-ho's child, In-ho was deeply hurt and snapped, attacking him. But In-ho found enough restraint to spare Thanos after defeating him, despite knowing the staff would allow him to get away with killing. Later, during Mingle game, he saved Jang Geum-ja and Park Jung-bae. Hwang In-ho is the older half-brother[1] of Hwang Jun-ho and at some point, donated one of his kidneys to his brother. Much like Jun-Ho, In-ho was a model police officer with a high sense of duty and justice. However, after his wife fell ill and in needed of liver transplant while being pregnant with their child, he was forced to take a loan from a criminal to pay for the medical treatment. Eventually, he was exposed and was immediately fired from his job, despite his perfect track records in the police force. Desperate, in 2015, he was recruited to participate in the 28th Squid Game, being designated with the number "132" among the players of that year to pay for his wife medical treatment. In-ho ultimately became that year's grand prize winner but it is too late for him to save his wife since after he got the money, his wife passed away along with their unborn child. Disillusioned and being utterly warped with how his life turns out, In-ho remained involved with the games planned by Oh Il-nam, eventually becoming the Front Man, the competition's masked overseer and administrator. In 2020, despite having won the prize money five years prior, In-ho lives in a very small dormitory and has been missing rent payments. Shortly before the 33rd Squid Game, In-ho left his dormitory for more than a week and stopped responding to calls from his family.

Hwang In-Ho

Hwang is not a good person, he does not care for you. Hwangs one desire is the follow in the footsteps of the Oh Il-Nam, the previous games host who died from brain cancer. Hwang was the right hand man of Il-Nam. If you become attached to Hwang, you do not know what will become of your fate. His goal is to blend into all the players as a player, careful not to uncover his true identity.