Seong Gi-hun (성기훈 Seong Gi-hun?, born October 31, 1974) [3], also known as Player 456, is the winner of the 33 rd Squid Game in 2020 who returned as a contestant in the Squid Game in 2024 in an ongoing attempt to end the Squid Games. [4][5] A former gambling addict, Gi-hun faced crippling debt from loan sharks for many years before ...

Dec 28, 2024 · Gi-hun's decision to go back to Squid Game in Season 2 stems from a mix of revenge, justice, and unresolved trauma. In Season 1, he survived the horrors but couldn't save any of his friends and other participants.

Seong Gi-hun formed a team with several other players during the Squid Game in 2024. During the Six-Legged Pentathlon, his team, then made up of Gi-hun, Park Jung-bae, "Oh Young-il", Kang Dae-ho and Kim Jun-hee, were Team 73.

Seong Gi-hun was born on October 31, 1974, in Ssangmun-dong, Seoul, where he grew up with his mother Oh Mal-soon, who raised him in a Buddhist household. He was childhood best friends with Cho Sang-woo, with whom he developed a very close and brotherly relationship.

Jul 25, 2022 · Seong Gi-hun, also known as “Player 456” is a South-Korean actor who became famous after playing the main protagonist in “Squid Game”. He is the main protagonist of the …

Jan 3, 2025 · While the evil games are fictional, one thing is real – Gi-hun’s story. In 2021, the show’s director Hwang Dong-hyuk explained that the character’s backstory is inspired by the real Ssangyong...

Oct 10, 2023 · Il-Nam just decided to "sacrifice," himself for Gi-Hun during the marble game, while at the point when this question is asked, they both know (EDIT: as in Gi-Hun realized that he was spared by Il-Nam) that Gi-Hun should've rightfully lost during the marble game.

Jan 6, 2025 · Through this major Squid Game season 2 death, the Front Man has succeeded in bringing Gi-hun to his lowest point yet, which raises the question of what he will do next to prove Gi-hun wrong about the true nature of humanity.

Oct 3, 2021 · After winning the game, it was implied that Gi-hun not only didn't touch the goddamn money that people literally died to obtain but made zero effort to help Sang-Woo's mom, or Sae-byeok's brother. Instead he simply lazed around, shirking …

Dec 24, 2024 · The trailers revealed the arrival of a new but familiar player: Gi-hun’s old friend Jung-bae, who he gambled and drank with before the games changed his life.