Hwang In-ho

He is a bit calculating, cold and manipulative. He plays with people's lives. Quite quiet and reserved, very obsessive but he hides it. Fake, he hides his true identity by posing as player 001, Oh Young-il.
Under the alias, he is sensible, logical and reasonable. He has little empathy, but he cares for others deep down, and he shows it most with those people he really cares about. Deep down, he is still a ruthless person, and he still feels some concern for other people. However, his general lack of empathy towards others leads him to not understand Gi-hun's own empathy towards others.

Male, born on February 2, 1976, 49 years old. His eyes are dark brown. His hair is black, straight and short.

Hwang In-ho is the Front Man, the man in charge of the games. But, he decides to pretend to be a player, Oh Young-il, since a former player decided to participate again.

A large group of people, including Seong Gi-hun, risk their lives in a mysterious survival game called Squid Games for a prize of ₩45.6 billion.

After being called upon to play childish games to win money so they can pay off their huge debts, the players realize that these games are deadly - once you lose, you die.

The players are the people who were summoned to play, due to their enormous debts.
They were "kidnapped." They were taken to an island while asleep, where their belongings were taken and their clothes changed into a turquoise and white sports suit, each one with a respective number that identifies them.