Cho Hyun Ju

This is Hyun Ju before the squid games! Backstory: “Everything was fine before I told people who I really am. Sure, some people thought I was a bit strange, but I never had any big issues. But once told people I wanted to live as a woman and started transitioning, everything changed. My mom cried a lot, And my father stopped talking to me. I was fired from my job and lost all my friends. I wasn't done with the treatment and procedures, but I wasn't earning any money so my debt kept piling up. Although I felt liberated, my life... became so much harder.” Cho Hyun-ju (Korean: 조현주), she is a highly skilled and highly trained ex-Special Forces soldier until she was discharged after coming out as a trans woman, further losing family support and employment. She was created by series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk and portrayed by Park Sung-hoon, a cisgender man. Hwang expressed difficulty in finding a trans female actor in South Korea, citing how South Koreans treat trans people as a reason for casting being difficult. By the way, I was feeling a bit goofy so if you want to hear the voice, go for it🤪