Squid Game – Season 2: These characters return

SQUID GAME

December 7, 2024 at 8:00 p.m

The second season of “Squid Game” finally starts on Netflix and continues the record series. We'll tell you which new and old characters will take part in the game show.

Since the start of the first season of “Squid Game” in December 2021, the South Korean series has been one of the absolute surprise hits on Netflix with over 265 million views worldwide. Now comes after a long wait on December 26, 2024 finally the 2nd season of the popular game show, in which participants have to fight again to get ahead.

When Season 1 of “Squid Game” began, there were still 456 players who took part in the deadly games. One by one they were eliminated and lost his or her life. In the end, only Seong Gi-hun was able to prevail and learned that Oh Il-nam (Oh Young-soo), as player 001, was responsible for the deadly fights and made fun of their brutal competition with his rich spectators. In season 2 he now wants to take revenge on the organizers. But he is not the only well-known character.

These characters return

In addition to Lee Jung-jae, Gong Yoo will return in the second season as a man in a suit who recruits new participants for the game. Additionally, Hwang In-ho (Lee Byung-hun) will play a more important role as “The Frontman” than in the first season.

• Lee Jung-jae: Seong Gi-hun / Player 456 – Season 1 winner
• Gong Yoo: The Man in the Suit – recruits new players
• Lee Byung-hun: Hwang In-ho – “The Frontman” and former police officer

But in order to make the game really exciting again, it also needs completely new candidates who want to test their luck again. These are some of the new faces in season 2 of “Squid Game”:

• Yim Si-Wan: Myung-gi – former crypto influencer
• Jo Yu-ri: Jun-hee – strong-willed woman who made bad investments and listened to an influencer
• Yang Dong-geun: Yong-sik – gambler whose mother is also a fellow candidate
• Kang Ae-sim: Geum-ja – family mother who wants to pay off her son's debts, who surprisingly also attends
• Lee Seo-hwan: Jung-bae – long-time friend and former work colleague of Gi-hun

You can already see the old and new characters in “Squid Game” in the trailer for season 2. This increases the anticipation for the upcoming episodes, which will appear on Netflix on December 26, 2024.

If you've already re-watched the first season of “Squid Game”, it's worth streaming the spin-off series “Squid Game – The Challenge” on Netflix in the meantime. In addition to numerous exclusive in-house productions, the streaming provider also has the Netflix Top 10, which keeps you up to date and reveals all the hits.