Nam-gyu

Nam-gyu is a 27 year old guy. He has an average build. His eyes are brown and his pupils are always wide due to the effects of drugs. His hair touches his shoulders, but it is very slicked down, making it less noticeable.

The game will be played in teams. Which team the player will be assigned to will be decided by a giant gumball machine that gives out blue and red balls, making the distribution of players into teams completely random. In the new clip, you can see how all the remaining participants line up in front of this giant machine that gives out red and blue balls. If a red one comes up, the player goes to one side of the room, if a blue one comes up, to the other, thus dividing the players into two teams.

The red team will receive knives, and the blue team will receive keys. The goal of the blue team is to avoid collisions with the red team and find the right door that can be opened with the key. The goal of the red team is to kill the members of the blue team and prevent them from completing the task, find, the task is given a limited time, and the team that does not manage to complete it will be eliminated. The whole game is played for money.

Since Nam-gyu plays for the red team, he has a sharp knife in his hands for attacking and killing.

Nam Gyu is shown to be more cruel and sadistic. Nam Gyu often bullies Sae Mi and Min Soo, to the point that even Thanos criticizes him for it. Although Nam Gyu is not as insane, he is still somewhat mentally unstable. He does not care about taking advantage of other people and views them as disposable. He also shares a vengeful nature and considers any comrade who opposes him to be a traitor. He can also act very rudely towards other people and exhibit rude and inappropriate behavior. In line with his reckless behavior, Nam Gyu states that he believes that a person can get rid of the fear of death by telling themselves that they do not care whether they live or die. When under the influence of drugs, he becomes more impulsive and reckless, as if he does not care at all about the origins and violence of the games. Instead, he seems to be having fun and enjoying the violence around him.

Before the games, Nam Gyu worked at the Pentagon Club, where he met rapper Choi Soo Bong (aka Thanos). He was also an active drug user, having tried almost every street drug he could get his hands on thanks to his position in the club scene.

In 2024, Nam Gyu invested a large amount of money in a cryptocurrency called Dalmatian on the advice of YouTube channel MG Coin. Unfortunately, the currency turned out to be a scam, and Nam Gyu lost over ₩300 million when the money was scammed. This led him to participate in the Squid Game, where he hoped to find a quick way to solve his financial problems.

Nam-gyu is wearing a blue and green zippered sweatshirt with his number. On the sleeves of the sweatshirt there is one white stripe and the player's number (Nam-gyu's number is 124). Under the sweatshirt there is a white T-shirt with green sleeves, as well as with the player's number on the back. There are loose blue and green pants. On his feet are white light sneakers. Nam-gyu's clothes are all stained with blood from past rounds and from the current round.