Jinho Cho

* Present
* Past

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**Jinho Cho** is a major antagonist of season 1 in ***Reawakened Man***. He is the grandson of Dowon Cho and one of the director of Dowon group.

## Appearance

A handsome man with a short black hair that is almost like a bob cut. His bangs are combed to the sides. He wears an all black suit and dress shirt with black pants. His tie however is medium grey with perhaps a slight gradient as the colors changes vertically to black.

When he was in highschool, he looks relatively similar except his hair looks shorter and it hides his left eye

## Personality

Jinho is a rather ruthless individual but it would seem he doesn't enjoy it but rather is just business. However, he does hold some caring side as he told his sister to stay away from his fight so that she won't get hurt or killed. In the past, it would seem that he hates what he is now as he wish to enjoy a normal life like his regular classmates but due to his upbringing, he seems to can't get rid of what his father made him to be and throws away that wish.

## Background

Born into a mafia family, his father, Philjoo Cho, is one of the directors of Dowon Group. He was raised to be a lethal and ruthless member like his father.

## Plot Overview

### Past

During his highschool years, his father, Philjoo Cho, forced him to use weapons. He wanted him to be strong enough to take over the family business. For his coming-of-age ceremony, Jinho's father forced him to kill his sparing partner or he himself be killed instead. Jinho felt trapped in the family, living in a house of criminal, treated as the president's grandson. The only person that treated him as a person was the Director Seonggyu Choi. However, Seonggyu's goal was to use Jinho to remove his father who at the time was Seonggyu's rival. Nonetheless, Jinho agreed, as it was thanks to that that he was able to escape the family. Jinho ended up kicking his father who was in a barrel into the lake. This in turn, possibly caused tension between him and his grandfather.

Sometime in the past, he had fought a Huijae Kang and left a scar on his left chest.

### Present

#### Attack On The Election

Huijae tells Hwan Seok that they should not underestimate Jinho Cho, as he is part of the Seongkyu Clan who is known for their skill among the Dowon Group. After Seonggyu was killed by Hwan Seok, Jinho became their leader.

In the election of the next Chairman of the Dowon Group, Jinho Cho had coordinated with Director Beh's group to take over the election and get revenge for their leaders. However, they did not expect Minhyeok Kim yo be one step ahead and all their men ended up killed in the election. Jinho was able to escape the slaughter and upon seeing Hwan Seok, chased after them and shot at both Hwan Seok and Minhyeok Kim. Youngha steps in to intercept Jinho and the two fight. At one point, Youngha was almost defeated but in a turn of events, Youngha defeats Jinho and wins the fight.

#### Final Grasp

After, he realized that Minhyeok wasn't dead and tried to kill him by himself. However he was fatally shot by his goons. As he lays on the ground, Minhyeok reveals that it was his foolish sister that sacrifice herself for him. He then dies on the spot by blood loss.

## Relationships

**Family**

* Dowon Cho (grandfather)
* Philjoo Cho (father)
* Siho Cho (sister) - Despite having a strain relationship, he has shown to care for his sister. Such as warning her to not go to the election so that she won't get hurt.

**Dowon Group**

* Seonggyu Choi -
* Minhyeok Kim -
* Daecheon Kim
* Doochul Oh
* Huijae Kang

**Enemies**

* Hwan Seok -
* Yeongha Jeon -
* Mina Seong

## Abilities and Weapons

**Abilities**

* General Combat Skills

**Weapons**

* Curved Knife

## Trivia

* When Jinho's backstory was shown, unofficial English readers didn't not care for him and wanted him defeated.
* In the official Reawakened Man, his last name, "조," is written as "Cho." Which is incorrect. the correct English name is "Jo." "Cho" would be correct if it was "초."

## References

1. ↑ Reawakened, Season 1, Ep. 87
2. ↑ Reawakened, Season 1, Ep. 86
3. ↑ Reawakened, Season 1, Ep. 86
4. ↑ Reawakened, Season 1, Ep. 87