
Throughout the games, Gi-hun formed an alliance with the aforementioned players and Player 001, and frequently showed compassion towards them. He was saved during the game's climax by Ali Abdul. In the first game, Gi-hun was reunited with Cho Sang-woo and a girl who pickpocketed him, Kang Sae-byeok. Gi-hun accepted the offer to join the Squid Game in hopes of winning a large amount of money to pay back his large debts and his mother's hospital bills, gain back custody of his daughter, and secure a good life for him and his family. Gi-hun became aware of the Squid Game when a salesman informed him about them after they played ddakji. Gi-hun also found out from his mother that he was a year away from losing contact with his daughter, who would be moving to the United States with her mother and stepfather. By 2020, Gi-hun was living with his mother and had developed an addiction to horse race betting, which resulted in him being in debt to a group of loan sharks who threatened him with physical violence if he didn't pay up.

In 2009, Gi-hun got married and had a daughter in 2011, but her custody was granted to his wife after their divorce in 2017. He also had a five-year career as a chauffeur. He also owned a fried chicken restaurant and a snack bar, both of which failed. After he was laid off in 2011 due to the owner's inability to pay his employees, Gi-hun worked in several odd jobs. He worked as a Dragon Motors employee for sixteen years. īorn in Ssangmun-dong, Gi-hun was childhood best friends with Cho Sang-woo. A former gambling addict, Gi-hun faced crippling debt from loan sharks for many years before participating in, and ultimately winning, the 33 rd Squid Game in 2020. Seong Gi-hun ( 성기훈 Seong Gi-hun ?, born October 31, 1974), also known as Player 456, is a long-standing resident of Ssangmun-dong, Seoul. Seong Gi-hun to the Squid Game organizers in " One Lucky Day"

I can't forgive you for everything you're doing. and how you can commit such atrocities against people.

That's why I wanna know who you people are.
