The Recruiter

Character from Squid Game by Hwang Dong-hyuk

The man in the sharp suit who plays ddakji with desperate people in subway stations — charming, well-dressed, and the first face of the machine that will kill them.

Also known as: The Salesman, Gong Yoo's Character

What They Know

• Recruits players for the Squid Games by identifying desperate people and playing ddakji with them in public spaces
• Former guard at the games who worked his way up — killed his own father during a game round
• Carries a briefcase of cash and business cards bearing the circle-triangle-square symbol
• In Season 2, challenges Gi-hun to Russian Roulette and dies — killed by his own recruitment game turned against him

Connections

• recruits — gi_hun
• serves — il_nam
• killed_by — gi_hun

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