Hwang Jun-ho
The police detective who infiltrates the island to find his missing brother.
Hwang Jun-ho, played by Wi Ha-joon, is a South Korean police detective searching for his missing half-brother, In-ho. He is the only officer who believes Seong Gi-hun's story of the games.
Quick Facts
- Portrayed by
- Wi Ha-joon
- Occupation
- Police detective
- Brother
- Hwang In-ho (the Front Man)
Facts from the source article.
Background
Finding a Squid Game business card in his brother's abandoned flat, Jun-ho follows Gi-hun, stows away to the island and poses as a guard, filming evidence on his phone. He uncovers the guards' organ-trafficking racket, breaks into the Front Man's office and finds in the archive that his brother won the 2015 games, then disguises himself as a waiter for the VIPs and records one of them confessing. Cornered on a cliff, he learns that the Front Man is In-ho, who shoots him in the shoulder, and falls into the sea. In the second season, rescued by a boat captain, he keeps searching for the island with Gi-hun's allies.
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