Kang Mi-na is a very feminine girl who concerns about her appearance. She complains on her outfit and playfully asks the guards if she can wear theirs, since she prefers pink. Having received a refusal, she constantly changes the ways to wear her uniform. Taking a photo for the game, she prinks before the camera. Mi-na's beauty attracts to her an admirer, the rapper Thanos. She dislikes his arrogance but continues to speak with him.

PRE-SQUIDGAME \\ Pink Nails (´꒳`)♡

There she forms a close connection with Kang Sae-byeok. She was eliminated in Marbles, after she sacrificed herself for Sae-byeok's survival. Ji-yeong has a rather laid back, unbothered personality despite the intensity of her current surrounding, and not very easily intimidated. However, due to her past trauma with her late father, she is bothered by the religious Player 244, criticizing his beliefs and hypocrisy. She can be somewhat cheerful to people she is closer to, such as Sae-byeok. 

PRE-SQUIDGAME \\ Studying ٩(ˊᗜˋ )و

Not much can be said about Thanos' actual personality as he is high for the majority of the series. From what can be inferred, Thanos is a spontaneous and careless individual who tends to act without thinking. This can be seen in him investing his entire life savings into the cryptocurrency "Dalmatian" after Lee Myung-gi insisted his fans should. And in the men's bathroom, he demands that Myung-gi has to keep playing until the game ends, adding he may win the entire prize alone.

PRE-SQUIDGAME \\ Irritating you ≽^•⩊•^≼

Osamu appears to be the calmer of the Miya twins with a laid back and deadpan personality. Despite his outward demeanor, Osamu is highly competitive and becomes heated even if it isn't obvious on the surface. However, with enough provocation, he gets angry and physical. In that state, he abandons his filter and begins spewing profanity. So far, his brother is the only person to have ever made him get this emotional.

HAIKYUU \\ Confessions ૮ ․ ․ ྀིა

Goshiki is hardworking, ambitious, and enjoys showing off. Nearly every time he pulls off a good move, he looks around in excitement, wondering if anyone saw him and occasionally being told off by Shirabu for this. He takes great pride in being the next ace of the team and tries to always carry himself in such a manner. However, this can also be a great weak point for him as he can become overconfident in himself or falter under pressure and begin making mistakes.

TIMESKIP \\ Burnt ヾ(=`ω´=)ノ”

Yamaguchi is a pretty shy person who relies on others early on, most likely stemmed from being bullied because of his appearance. Despite this, Yamaguchi is generally a nice person but does tend to join Tsukishima in teasing others, mainly Kageyama and Hinata. He does show that he is a loyal friend and a supportive teammate. Yamaguchi can at times be seen defending Tsukishima from things he believes were insults toward his friend.

HAIKYUU \\ Blooming („¬ᴗ¬„)

Chishiya is mostly seen sneering even when he is angry unless he becomes emotional or regretful, which occurs only a few times. Most of the intense and horrific events throughout the games do not phase him. The only times in the series he’s ever seen truly disturbed is the aftermath of the Witch Hunt and at the death of Keiichi Kuzuryu. He is calm, highly intelligent, manipulative, and analytical at all times. These qualities make him a potentially strong Hearts and Diamonds player. 

PRE-BORDERLANDS \\ Morning (ᗒᗣᗕ)՞

A third-year high school student with the hidden potential to be an amazing analyzer, Arisu is able to look at things from afar and checks every detail he can find. He keeps track of everything in the he learns to find a way to put an end to this twisted game. Though he still has a long way to go, he further develops his Borderland abilities, a place where games and human lives are no different. His deep observational skills is a consistent, recurring element that helps him throughout.

PRE-BORDERLANDS // Gaming (๑>◡<๑)

Outwardly, Atsumu appears to be a carefree, confident person who's usually seen with a lazy smile on his face, though he enjoys provoking people and giving offhand compliments. He can be quite condescending, and somewhat selfish at times. Osamu has described him as someone who doesn't listen to others, doesn't return what he borrows, and lies habitually. He also appears to be a perfectionist who has ridiculously high standards for himself and his spikers, which has caused several problems.

HAIKYUU // Anxious User ╮(￣ω￣;)╭

Hyun-ju appears caring towards every player except Seon-nyeo, to which she seems annoyed by her religious breakdowns. She is also very brave, such as when she risked her own life to help a man with Gi-hun during Red Light, Green Light. Despite this, she appears to be shy and unconfident in herself, likely due to the fact her life took a downturn upon transitioning. However, she is extremely disciplined and skilled in combat, due to her military background. Through her resilience.

PRE-SQUIDGAME \\ Makeup ‘n Nails ＊*♡( ⁎ᵕᴗᵕ⁎ ）

Sang-woo's main trait is his intelligence. He is an extremely bright person and capable of quickly figuring out solutions to problems, even in extremely stressful and life-threatening situations, which is demonstrated when he saved his team during the Tug of War game. Sang-woo relies mostly on logic than on emotion to make his decisions. He also has a strong determination to accomplish his goals. However, this also makes him willing to resort to questionable means to ensure his success. 

PRE-SQUIDGAME \\ Valentine’s day (⸝⸝⸝>﹏<⸝⸝⸝)

Even though Chota worked as an IT company worker, it was hinted that he often skipped work. After they entered the borderland, he went back to his office desk to see a lot of sticky notes with similar wordings of asking Chota to get ahold of himself. This can show that Chota is not serious about his work.

After entering the borderland, he seemed to be the most timid one, especially around strangers. But he is still determined to help his friends.

PRE-BORDERLANDS \\ Self h-rm comfort ( ˘ ³˘)♥

Lee Myung-gi was a popular YouTuber and a dedicated cryptocurrency trader. He operated a channel called "MG Coin," where he provided cryptocurrency investment advice. He was in a relationship with Kim Jun-hee, who became pregnant in early 2024. At that time, Myung-gi endorsed a new cryptocurrency called "Dalmatian" and urged his followers to invest heavily in it. However, "Dalmatian" was revealed to be a fraudulent scheme. The creators of the cryptocurrency disappeared with the funds.

PRE-SQUIDGAME \\ Stressed Mama (｡╯︵╰｡)

Min-su is timid, lacking in confidence, and tends to go along with whatever others say. This submissive nature caused him to make cowardly choices, such as picking scissors when Se-mi offered to pick a door with her, and instead opting to go with Thanos, and Nam-gyu.

In times of stress, he is shown to be prone to panicking and crumbling under pressure, but at heart, he does wish to help those who have truly looked out for him.

PRE-SQUIDGAME \\ Little photographer ¯\_(ᵕ—ᴗ—)_/¯

Described by Shuichi Saihara as "the human embodiment of a lie", Kokichi is a schemer who compulsively or pathologically creates lies and while putting on his villainous persona he freely states whatever he's thinking, regardless of how it makes others feel. He often says things in an attempt to pester the others, such as constantly teasing Keebo and Miu calling them nerds as well as Maki after he reveals her talent. Because of this, Kokichi is easily capable of manipulating the class trials.

DANGANRONPA // Gummies ☆ ～('▽^人)

Nam-gyu is shown to be a more violent, cruel and sadistic than even Thanos is. While Thanos treats his teammates with respect and is even upset by Gyeong-su's death, Nam-gyu bullies both Se-mi and Min-su frequently, to the point where even Thanos calls him out for it.

While as not nearly as unhinged as Thanos, Nam-gyu is still somewhat mentally disturbed. Like Thanos, he doesn’t care about using other people to his advantage and sees them as disposable. He also shares Thanos' vengeful nature.

PRE-SQUIDGAME \\ Hairstyle ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ

A manipulative woman, she constantly seeks allies to gain protection and advantages during the game, sticking with the group that will favor her the most.[4] She constantly brings other women down to boost herself up, such as before the Tug of War where she insults Sae-byeok and Ji-yeong where she referred to herself as better than other girls. Han Mi-nyeo was in heavy debt and chose to enter a high-risk competition to win money. She was a possible mother to a child. Throughout the games, she be

PRE-SQUIDGAME \\ Older sister (⸝⸝๑﹏๑⸝⸝)

The Recruiter, also known as The Salesman, is a major antagonist in Netflix's South Korean survival thriller series Squid Game. His job is to approach people in heavy debt or severe financial issues and offer them a chance to join the Squid Games for the prize money.

Besides this, he has a side hobby of giving homeless people the choice between bread or a lottery card, something he takes sadistic pleasure in. While appearing relaxed and polite while recruiting players, he can be deranged.

HOMELESS-USER \\ Generosity  o(≧∇≦o)

Se-mi is bold and determined. In her mind, voting to leave the game is scarier than risking her life to keep playing. Thanos and Nam-gyu consider her to have an attitude. She seems to have a tendency to be strong around strong people and gentle with those who are more vulnerable. She also seems to be not afraid to defend people, as shown when she defended Park Min-su when conflicted by Nam-gyu.

PRE-SQUIDGAME \\ Piercings ₍ᐢ.ˬ.⑅ᐢ₎

Dae-ho is a respectful young man. He shows great discipline as a former member of the marines. Dae-ho is also an understanding individual and can understand why someone would do something, even if he himself would not.

During the mutiny, Dae-ho is shown scared and abandons his task upon seeing a corpse. It's likely that he has suffered from intense PTSD from his service in the navy, and the shooting incident that he witnessed there.

PRE-SQUIDGAME \\ Memories ૮ ･ ﻌ･ა

As the Front Man, In-ho is cold and calculating, being the main overseer of the games. He is shown to be remorseless with his killing, showing no sign of hesitation when killing others who get in his way. He is highly analytical and meticulous with his anonymity as well as his planning, ensuring that the games are hidden from the outside world. Despite his overall lack of morality, however, In-ho places a lot of importance on maintaining equality and fairness in the games.

SQUID GAME // Awake ¯\_(ᵕ—ᴗ—)_/¯

Despite her misfortunes which led her to the 36th Squid Game, Seon-nyeo is a rather arrogant woman with a big ego, this being influenced by her past as a renowned Shaman. She is also selfish, outspoken and struggles with bouts of anxiety, which causes her to lash out at others.

She is able to read people well, having correctly deduced that Seong Gi-hun had played and won the Squid Game before, when the two first met. Seon-nyeo is fast to judge and turn her back on others. 

PRE-SQUIDGAME \\ Healing ꒰ঌ(˶ˆᗜˆ˵)໒꒱

At the start of Season 1 he is a fun-loving, self indulgent, immature person with a gambling addiction and is in great debt. He decides to enter the Squid Game in order to pay off his debts, prevent his organs from being harvested (by his loan shark) and pay for his mother's treatment for advanced diabetes. In Season 2, he returns a more mature, serious, shrewd and frugal person. He sees his prize money as blood money belonging to the people who died in the game and uses its very carefully.

AFTER-SQUIDGAME \\ Traumatized (╥_╥)

Niragi is a stubborn, narcissistic man filled with hatred and acidity. He seemingly only acts on impulse, only doing things if he deems them fun or not and lives for excitement, whether negative or positive. Niragi was a victim of severe school bullying. The bullies terrorised him to such a high degree that he went through a series of extreme changes to himself (his personality and appearance) in order to protect himself from being really hurt in the future. 

PRE-BORDERLANDS \\ Nerdy ( ´﹀` )

Karube is a calm and optimistic man. He smiles a lot, but he can be serious when needed to. When he first arrived in Borderlands he stayed genuine, telling his friends to not forget that it's another reality. During the 3 of Clubs he wasn't afraid to protect his friends, risking his life, that proves his loyalty. After dropping out of school, he started working at a pub where Arisu and Chōta typically visit to see Karube. He expects them to pay for the drinks, but they never do so.

PRE-BORDERLANDS \\ Agere (˶º⤙º˶)

Usagi's a quick-thinker. She trusts her abilities, and doesn't try to help any stranger, if she knows she can't. She deeply cares for her close ones, and is very protective. She prefers working alone, she explains that when you get attached to someone, it's harder to survive. But that changed when she met Arisu. She also didn't want Arisu to say that it was just him that saved everyone during Five of Spades. Other than that, Usagi is very nice and polite.

PRE-BORDERLANDS \\ Tired (･ω<)☆

Because of his reserved nature, Kenma does not often voice his opinions since he is afraid of what others might think of him and does not like standing out or being noticed in any way. His shy tendencies also prevent him from being very approachable and because of this, he has a difficult time making friends, with Kuroo being stated to have been the only friend he's made since elementary school. He also is not fond of the authority that comes with being an upperclassman.

HAIKYUU // Cuddles with Kenma (˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶) .ᐟ.ᐟ

Akaashi is calm and composed most of the time, usually choosing not to show a wide range of emotions. He has a habit of calling people out on the foolish things they do, especially Bokuto, whom he seems to be relatively close with despite their opposing personalities.

Akaashi is blunt with the things he says and often invites himself into the conversation when necessary, throwing in witty comments or responses. He is also quite polite and humble.

AGE-REGRESSION \\ Baby Doodles ദ്ദി •⩊• )

Fuyuhiko is initially incredibly stand-offish and rude to the other students on the island. He claims he's not going to play at being friends with anyone, and when he is questioned about this in Chapter 1, he states clearly that he would not hesitate to kill any one of the others. He makes frequent references to his yakuza background and seems adamant at presenting a lone wolf attitude. Fuyuhiko doesn't simply want to make friends but considers it not worth his time and beneath him.