This list of The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai characters reflects fictional characters from The Karate Kid franchise. Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg define the following works as part of the "Miyagi-verse" (characters who interacted with Mr. Miyagi) canon: The Karate Kid (1984), The Karate Kid Part II (1986), The Karate Kid Part III (1989), The Next Karate Kid (1994), and Cobra Kai television series (2018–present). Hurwitz clarified that the Karate Kid television series is not canon, but an easter egg from it appears in Season 3 of Cobra Kai.[1]
| Character | Films | Television series | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel LaRusso | Ralph Macchio | ||
| Mr. Miyagi | Noriyuki "Pat" Morita | rowspan="2" | |
| Fumio Demura | |||
| John Kreese | Martin Kove | Martin Kove | |
| Barrett Carnahan | |||
| William Zabka | William Zabka | ||
| Owen Stone | |||
| Thomas Parobek | |||
| Elisabeth Shue | |||
| Randee Heller | |||
| Ron Thomas | |||
| Rob Garrison | |||
| Dutch | Chad McQueen | ||
| Tony O'Dell | |||
| Mrs. Mills | Sharon Spelman | Deborah May | |
| Freddy Fernandez | Israel Juarbe | ||
| Toguchi | Danny Kamekona | ||
| Chozen Toguchi | Yuji Okumoto | Yuji Okumoto | |
| Kumiko | Tamlyn Tomita | ||
| Traci Toguchi | |||
| Terry Silver | Thomas Ian Griffith | Thomas Ian Griffith | |
| Nick Marini | |||
| Mike Barnes | Sean Kanan | ||
| Jessica Andrews | Robyn Lively | ||
| Amanda LaRusso | None | Courtney Henggeler | |
| Samantha "Sam" LaRusso | None | Mary Mouser | |
| Miguel Diaz | None | Xolo Maridueña | |
| Robert "Robby" Keene | None | Tanner Buchanan | |
| Eli "Hawk" Moskowitz | None | Jacob Bertrand | |
| Demetri Alexopoulos | None | Gianni Decenzo | |
| Carmen Diaz | None | Vanessa Rubio | |
| Tory Nichols | None | Peyton List | |
| Kenny Payne | None | Dallas Dupree Young | |
| Anthony LaRusso | None | Griffin Santopietro | |
| Devon Lee | None | Oona O'Brien | |
| Kim Da-Eun | None | Alicia Hannah-Kim | |
| Character | Actor | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel LaRusso | Ralph Macchio | The protagonist of The Karate Kid franchise. He has recently moved to Los Angeles from his native New Jersey, and takes up karate to defend himself. One of the main characters in Cobra Kai. | |
| Mr. Miyagi | Pat Morita | A karate master from Okinawa who served as a teacher for both Daniel LaRusso and Julie Pierce. | |
| Ali Mills | Elisabeth Shue | Daniel and Johnny's former high school girlfriend. Later married (but divorced) oncologist Gregory Schwarber, her husband. | |
| Johnny Lawrence | William Zabka | The top student of the Cobra Kai dojo, the two-time defending champion of the All Valley Under-18 Karate Championships, and Daniel's high school rival. And One of the main Protagonists of Cobra Kai. | |
| John Kreese | Martin Kove, Barrett Carnahan (young) | The main antagonist of The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai. Johnny's sensei and a co-founder of the Cobra Kai dojo. Served as a Special Forces veteran in the Vietnam War before opening the Cobra Kai dojo with his comrade and friend, Terry Silver. | |
| Lucille LaRusso | Randee Heller | Daniel's mother, a widow, and Amanda's mother-in-law. She was concerned with how Daniel was being harassed by Johnny and his gang. In Cobra Kai, she and Amanda have a troubled relationship later fixed by Lucille's granddaughter Samantha. | |
| Bobby Brown | Ron Thomas | Trained under John Kreese's dojo, Cobra Kai, and was later tasked to kick Daniel "out of commission" by injuring his knee. He later left Cobra Kai completely for his actions. In season two of Cobra Kai, he is a pastor. | |
| Tommy | Rob Garrison | A friend of Johnny and the third Cobra Kai member to be defeated by Daniel. Tommy later left Cobra Kai due to Kreese severely beating him up. In Cobra Kai, Tommy has brain damage and is terminally ill, so Johnny, Bobby and Jimmy take him on one last camping trip together, Tommy then admits to Johnny that he too had a crush on Ali years ago. In the morning, Johnny, Bobby and Jimmy discover that Tommy died peacefully in his sleep. The actor passed away in 2019, not long after filming. | |
| Jimmy | Tony O'Dell | A friend of Johnny and Cobra Kai student who's quiet and is the only brown belt in the group. He was a witness to Bobby injuring Daniel. In the second season of Cobra Kai, he is married with two sons. | |
| Dutch | Chad McQueen | A friend of Johnny and a Cobra Kai student who bullies Daniel. He is the fourth person to be defeated by Daniel, and is a witness to Kreese assaulting Johnny for his second place win. In Cobra Kai, it was mentioned that Dutch was sentenced to prison at Lompoc Federal Penitentiary, after McQueen opted not to return, being committed to his racing company and no longer interested in acting. | |
| Darryl Vidal | Himself | The third-place winner of the All Valley Under-18 Karate Championships tournament. He is the only person to shake hands with Johnny. Vidal was described in Cobra Kai as a third-generation black belt. | |
| Freddy Fernandez | Israel Juarbe | A high school student and friend of Daniel. | |
| Susan | Juli Fields | Ali's best friend who dislikes Daniel and is later seen cheering for Daniel. | |
| Barbara | Dana Andersen | Ali's friend who, like Susan, dislikes Daniel at first but cheers him on later. | |
| Mr. Mills | William Bassett | Ali's father who talks with his daughter about going out with Daniel instead of Johnny. | |
| Mrs. Mills | Sharon Spelman | Ali's mother who silently judged Daniel. | |
| Deborah May | 30 years later in Cobra Kai, Ali's mother disapproves of the fact that Ali is getting a divorce. | ||
| Mrs. Milo | Frances Bay | A miserable old lady who lives in the same apartment building as Daniel. | |
| The Referee | Pat E. Johnson | The referee in the first three Karate Kid films. | |
| Jerry Robertson | Larry B. Scott | A student at the Cobra Kai dojo who is not a part of Johnny's gang. He was the first Cobra Kai member to be defeated by Daniel in the 1984 All Valley Under-18 Karate Championships tournament. | |
| The Announcer | Bruce Malmuth | The announcer for the tournament in the first two Karate Kid films. | |
| Judy | ? | Daniel's first girlfriend when he was in New Jersey. In Season 2, Episode 1 of Cobra Kai, Daniel mentions that his mother moved him out of New Jersey to California where he met Ali. |
Karate Kid actor Martin Kove briefly appeared as John Kreese in the beginning of the film. Additionally, Karate Kid actors Rob Garrison (Tommy), Ron Thomas (Bobby Brown), Tony O'Dell (Jimmy), and William Zabka (Johnny Lawrence) were in the movie.
| Character | Actor | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kumiko | Tamlyn Tomita | Briefly has a relationship with Daniel during his visit to Okinawa. She started a dance company in Cobra Kai and helps Daniel and Chozen to resolve their decades-long rivalry. | |
| Chozen Toguchi | Yuji Okumoto | The main antagonist for The Karate Kid Part II, where he is Daniel's main rival. He is Sato's nephew and the top student of his dojo. In Cobra Kai, Chozen is the sensei of Miyagi-Do in Okinawa and later helps Daniel in his feud with Cobra Kai. | |
| Sato | Danny Kamekona | Chozen's uncle and Mr. Miyagi's former best friend. He was arranged to marry Yukie, but she had already fallen in love with Miyagi. In the third season of Cobra Kai, it was revealed that before he died, he matured, was respectful towards Mr. Miyagi, made Tomi Village a tourist attraction and reformed Chozen. | |
| Yukie | Nobu McCarthy | Mr. Miyagi's childhood girlfriend and Kumiko's aunt. Yukie and Sato were planned to marry each other, but Yukie in actuality loves Miyagi. This led to a death match between Sato and Miyagi, in which Miyagi decided to forfeit. In the third season of Cobra Kai, it is revealed that Yukie died and Kumiko had inherited her property. | |
| Yuna | Traci Toguchi | Young girl who lives at Tomi Village; saved by Daniel from a typhoon. Revealed in Cobra Kai as the senior vice president of sales for Doyona International. | |
| Toshio | Joey Miyashima | Chozen's friends who helped to torment Daniel. | |
| Taro | Marc Hayashi | ||
| Miyagi Chōjun | Charlie Tanimoto | Miyagi's father; trained both Miyagi and Sato. | |
| Ichiro | Arsenio "Sonny" Trinidad | Old villager that lives in Tomi Village; witness to Daniel's first confrontation with Chozen when Chozen is exposed as a fraud. |
See main article: The Karate Kid Part III.
Karate Kid actors Randee Heller and Martin Kove reprised their roles as Lucille LaRusso and John Kreese in the film.
| Character | Actor | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Silver | Thomas Ian Griffith | Main antagonist of The Karate Kid Part III and Secondary antagonist of Cobra Kai. Co-founded Cobra Kai with John Kreese, a war comrade and friend of his. Later returned in Cobra Kai to help Kreese get Daniel and Johnny out of business. | |
| Mike Barnes | Sean Kanan | Secondary antagonist of The Karate Kid Part III. Returns in Cobra Kai season 5 as a furniture store owner. | |
| Jessica Andrews | Robyn Lively | Came to work in her Aunt Pat's pottery shop (across the street from Daniel and Mr. Miyagi's shop) after Elizabeth-Anne Rooney ruined her relationship; spent time with Daniel LaRusso, but they decided to just be friends. Appeared briefly in Season 5 of Cobra Kai as the cousin of Amanda, Daniel's wife. | |
| Snake | Jonathan Avildsen | Terry's henchmen who helps torment Daniel. | |
| Dennis | William Christopher Ford | Silver's henchmen who helps torment Daniel; a karate practitioner that rarely speaks, only having two lines in the entire film. | |
| Uncle Louie (Louie LaRusso Sr.) | Joseph V. Perry | Daniel's uncle and Lucille's brother-in-law; becomes ill. | |
| Milos | Jan Triska | Terry Silver's butler. | |
| Margaret | Diana Webster | Terry Silver's secretary. | |
| The Announcer | Rick Hurst | Announcer of the All Valley Under-18 Karate Championships tournament in The Karate Kid Part III. |
See main article: The Next Karate Kid. Karate Kid actor Ralph Macchio does not appear as Daniel LaRusso in this film.
| Character | Actor | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julie Pierce | Hilary Swank | Protagonist of The Next Karate Kid. Teenage girl who lost her parents, Susan and her unnamed father, now living with her paternal grandmother Louisa Pierce. Is a frequent victim of bullying; was taught karate for becoming violent. | |
| Lieutenant Jack Pierce | NA | Julie's late grandfather, husband of Louisa Pierce, father of Julie's unnamed father; officer with the 442nd Infantry Regiment (United States) during World War II; was taught karate as a message of thanks for saving Mr. Miyagi's life. | |
| Louisa Pierce | Constance Towers | Julie's grandmother, wife of Jack Pierce, mother of Julie's unnamed father; was sent away to Los Angeles to bond with Julie. | |
| Colonel Paul Dugan | Michael Ironside | Main antagonist of The Next Karate Kid. Leads a JROTC-style program, Alpha Elite, at Julie's school. | |
| Eric McGowen | Chris Conrad | New student who joins Alpha Elite to someday be accepted into the Air Force Academy; bonds with Julie. | |
| Ned Randall | Michael Cavalieri | Secondary antagonist of The Next Karate Kid. Skilled academy student and gang leader of the Alpha Elite; fought Eric. | |
| Charlie | Walton Goggins | One of Ned's friends; student of the Alpha Elite. | |
| Abbot | Arsenio "Sonny" Trinidad | The monks. Abbot is the lead monk of the monastery. | |
| Tall Monk | Jim Ishida | ||
| Monk | Rodney Kageyama | ||
| Buddhist Monk | Seth Sakai | ||
| Senator Daniel Inouye | Himself | Made a cameo giving the opening speech at Arlington National Cemetery for a commendation for Japanese-Americans who fought in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II.[2] |
See main article: Cobra Kai. Cobra Kai picks up 33 years after The Karate Kid, with the following characters that made a return: Johnny Lawrence, Daniel LaRusso, Lucille LaRusso, John Kreese, Bobby Brown, Tommy, Jimmy, Ali Mills, Mrs. Mills, Kumiko, Chozen Toguchi, Yuna, Terry Silver, Mike Barnes, and Jessica Andrews.
Karate Kid actor Randee Heller reprised her role as Lucille LaRusso (Daniel's mother) in this season while Martin Kove reprised his role as John Kreese in the season finale.
| Character | Actor | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amanda LaRusso (née Steiner) | Courtney Henggeler | Daniel's wife and co-owner of LaRusso Auto Group, a chain of car dealerships; Samantha and Anthony's mother. |
| Miguel Diaz (Miggy) | Xolo Maridueña | The main protagonist of Cobra Kai. Johnny's neighbor; 15-year-old Ecuadorian American teenager with asthma; was beaten up by bullies and later became the first student in Johnny's Cobra Kai dojo; begins an on-off relationship with Samantha LaRusso, but has a rivalry with Robby Keene; later trains under Miyagi-Do; meets his father, Hector Salazar, in Season 5. |
| Samantha “Sam” LaRusso | Mary Mouser
| Daniel and Amanda's teenage daughter who was taught karate by her father at a young age; is in an on-and-off relationship with Miguel Diaz; suspended from a school brawl for two weeks, then decides to restart Miyagi-Do, despite dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder. In Season 4, she trains under Johnny and Daniel's dojos; experiences an identity crisis after losing the All-Valley tournament. |
| Anthony LaRusso (Ant) | Griffin Santopietro | Daniel and Amanda's son; Samantha's younger brother; sent to summer camp where he becomes more active; is peer pressured into bullying new student Kenny Payne; later exposes Terry Silver for bribing the tournament referee in Cobra Kai's favor. |
| Louie LaRusso Jr | Bret Ernst | Daniel's cousin; works at LaRusso Auto; torched Johnny's car with his biker buddies in revenge for defacing Daniel's billboard and disrepecting the family. |
| Carmen Diaz | Vanessa Rubio | Miguel's mother; dated a British man named Graham; told Miguel that his father does not know who his own son is. |
| Rosa Diaz (Yaya) | Rose Bianco | Miguel's grandmother and Carmen's mother. |
| Robert Swayze "Robby" Keene | Tanner Buchanan | Johnny's estranged teenage son; drops out of school when he gets in trouble for drugs before moving in with the LaRussos; becomes Daniel's first student in Miyagi-Do and becomes rivals with Miguel; expelled from West Valley High School for crippling Miguel at the end of the school brawl, later reconnecting with Johnny and joining with his father to find Miguel; is in a relationship with Tory Nichols. |
| Shannon Keene | Diora Baird | Johnny's ex-girlfriend and Robby's mother, alcoholic. Goes into rehab later. |
| Sid Weinberg | Ed Asner
| Johnny Lawrence's stepfather, retired film producer; funds the Cobra Kai dojo. |
| Laura Lawrence | Candace Moon | Johnny Lawrence's mother and Robby's grandmother. Died before Robby was born in 2002. |
| Eli "Hawk" Moskowitz | Jacob Bertrand | Demetri's best friend and one of Miguel's high school friends; is bullied for his cleft lip; joins Cobra Kai, where he takes on the moniker of Hawk because of his aggressive personality. |
| Aisha Robinson | Nichole Brown | Samantha LaRusso's best childhood friend, later one of Miguel's friends in Cobra Kai; was transferred out of school after a brawl. |
| Demetri Alexopoulos | Gianni Decenzo | Eli's childhood best friend and a member of Miguel's high school friend group. Joins Miyagi-Do after Hawk's personality change causes him to become a bully. |
| Bert | Owen Morgan | Diminutive junior student of Cobra Kai; fights Nathaniel but is taken away by one of the security guards; bullies Kenny Payne along with Nathaniel. |
| Kyler Park | Joe Seo | High school boy of a wealthy Korean American family originally from Irvine. |
| Moon | Hannah Kepple | One of Sam's friends and Hawk's girlfriend at West Valley High; a vocal pacifist who does not condone violence. Attempts to ease the tension between the Cobra Kai students and Miyagi-Do students by inviting them to a party, to no avail. |
| Yasmine | Annalisa Cochrane | One of Sam's friends and Moon's best friend. The leader of the rich girl clique; bullies Aisha until she gets her revenge at the canyon. Later, Dimitri's girlfriend. |
| Lynn ("Homeless Lynn") | Susan Gallagher | Homeless woman who hangs around the strip mall. |
| Tom Cole | David Shatraw | Owner of Cole's Autos on Van Nuys, a rival automotive dealership; |
| Rhonda | Carole Kaboya | Sid's caregiver, who is a target of Sid's verbal abuse. |
| Armand Zarkarian | Ken Davitian | Armenian American real estate tycoon. |
| Roland Zakarian | Alex Huff | Armand's son. |
| Cruz and Trey | Jeff Kaplan & Terayle Hill (respectively) | Robby's former friends who spend their time committing petty theft; both were sent to jail by the start of Season 3. |
| Daryl | Keith Arthur Bolden | African American member of the All Valley Committee; announcer for the 2018 and 2019 All Valley Under-18 Karate Championships. |
| Ron | Matt Lewis | President of the All Valley Committee; invites pop star Carrie Underwood as a guest performer for the All-Valley tournament before the qualifying matches. |
| Sue | Cara AnnMarie | Only female member of the All Valley Committee. |
| George | Kurt Yue | Asian American member of the All Valley Committee; close friend of Daniel. |
| Xander Stone | Talin Chat | Represents Topanga Karate; 2017 All Valley Under-18 Karate Champion. |
| Patricia Stone | Suehyla El-Attar | Xander's mother. |
| Mrs. Jenkins | Linda Boston | Vice-Principal of North Hills High School. |
| Mr. Palmer | Dustin Lewis | Science teacher at West Valley High School. |
| Judy | Kylie Delre | Rich woman who gets into a heated argument with Johnny. |
| Abe | Jayden Rivers | Cobra Kai students who later defected to Miyagi-Do karate. |
| Frank | Cameron Markeles |
Actors from The Karate Kid, Rob Garrison (Tommy), Ron Thomas (Bobby Brown), Tony O'Dell (Jimmy), and Randee Heller (Lucille LaRusso) made guest appearances during this season.
| Character | Actor | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tory Nichols | Peyton List | Athlete from a poor family; joins Cobra Kai, later expelled from school for inciting a school brawl and was forced to take on a day job waitressing at a sushi restaurant to make ends meet. However, she is reinstated at school in season 4. Is in a relationship with Robby. | |
| Raymond "Stingray" Porter | Paul Walter Hauser | A Cobra Kai student, a manchild and a member of Hawk's gang. Is put on probation, but later is able to return when Terry coerces him into a deal. | |
| Chris | Khalil Everage | One of the Cobra Kai students, but then leaves to join Miyagi-Do. | |
| Mitch | Aedin Mincks | One of the Cobra Kai students, but gets kicked out by Kreese and then joins Eagle Fang, but then ends up defecting back to Cobra Kai. | |
| Sunny Mitchell | Kathleen Hogan | Host of the annual Valley Fest. | |
| Sandra Robinson | Kim Fields | Aisha's mother; boasts about how Cobra Kai changed her daughter's life for the better. | |
| Mrs. Moskowitz | Caroline Avery Granger | Seen in a flashback where she urges West Valley High over the phone to do something about the cyberbullying inflicted on her son, Eli, about his facial deformity. | |
| Big Red | Christopher Ryan Lewis | Cobra Kai student; Lil Red's older brother. | |
| Lil Red | Shane Donovan Lewis | Cobra Kai student, then joins Miyagi-Do; Big Red's younger brother. | |
| Mikey Miller | Chris Schmidt Jr. | One of the Cobra Kai students and the second-in-command of Hawk's gang; supporting antagonist in Seasons 2 and 3; quits Cobra Kai. | |
| Graham | Alex Collins | British man who dates Carmen. | |
| Piper Elswith | Selah Austria | Moon's ex-girlfriend; joins Cobra Kai along with her teammates; inspired Sam to use her Eagle Fang training instead. | |
| Melissa | Gena Shaw | Woman who hits on Johnny at the bar; later spends time drinking with Johnny. | |
| Cutter | Stephan Jones | Construction worker who loans Johnny his cement mixer truck for the Cobra Kai students to manually rotate the drum as part of their strength training. |
Actors from The Karate Kid and The Karate Kid II, Elisabeth Shue (Ali Mills), Ron Thomas (Bobby Brown), Tamlyn Tomita (Kumiko), Traci Toguchi (Yuna), and Yuji Okumoto (Chozen Toguchi) all made guest appearances during this season.
| Character | Actor | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shawn Payne | Okea Eme-Akwari | Former juvenile detainee at Sylmar Juvenile Corrections, which he was eventually released from by the start of season 6. He is the older brother of Kenny Payne. | |
| Rodney | Grayson Berry | Tory's apartment complex landlord; harasses Tory for rent. | |
| David | Jesse Kove | College varsity captain in 1965; enlisted for the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, but chose to bully John Kreese throughout high school. | |
| Betsy | Emily Marie Palmer | Kreese's girlfriend from his youth; originally David's girlfriend; her death causes Kreese to become devastated. | |
| Captain George Turner | Terry Serpico | Kreese's commanding officer during the Vietnam War; taught his team his style of self-defense which would become the foundation of Cobra Kai karate. | |
| Ponytail | Seth Kemp | One of John Kreese's old Vietnam buddies; shot dead by the Vietcong. | |
| Councilperson Roberts | Zele Avradopoulos | City councilmember who wanted to ban the All-Valley Under 18 Tournament due to the aftermath of the school brawl; made a compromise that students must sign a waiver. | |
| Dee Snider | Himself | In Cobra Kai, he is a heavy metal singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of the band Twisted Sister; Miguel went through security to go to one of his concerts.[3] |
Thomas Ian Griffith reprised his role as Terry Silver from The Karate Kid III, and actors from The Karate Kid and The Karate Kid II, Yuji Okumoto (Chozen Toguchi) and Randee Heller (Lucille LaRusso), made guest appearances.
| Character | Actor | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Payne | Dallas Dupree Young | Younger brother of Shawn Payne and the son of a U.S Army soldier; joins Cobra Kai in an attempt to fight back against his bullies, initially as Robby's protege; in Season 5, he becomes one of the top students behind Tory in Silver's Cobra Kai. | |
| Devon Lee | Oona O'Brien | Student and member of the debate team at West Valley High School who joins Eagle Fang; later joins Topanga after the former shuts down. | |
| Kandace | Rebecca Lines | Tory's maternal aunt. | |
| Lia Cabrera | Milena Rivero | Student at West Valley Middle School, childhood friend and crush of Anthony LaRusso. | |
| Charlotte | Phoebe French | One of Terry Silver's newly recruited female students who joins Cobra Kai. | |
| Lindsey | Gianna Graziano | Another female student recruited by Terry Silver alongside Charlotte and Piper Elswith. | |
| Cheyenne Hamidi | Salome Azizi | Terry Silver's girlfriend; app developer. | |
| Vanessa LaRusso | Julia Macchio | Louie LaRusso's sister, Daniel's cousin, second year graduate student in child psychology. | |
| Zack Thompson | Brock Duncan | Student at West Valley Middle School, one of Anthony's friends; suspended from school because of bullying Kenny. | |
| Greg Hughes | P.J. Byrne | Stingray's next door neighbor; later beaten up by Stingray for Greg pointing out Stingray's underage drinking. | |
| Slade Wang | Alex Boyer | Student at West Valley Middle School; member of Anthony's gang who helps Anthony catfish Kenny; later suspended along with his friends. | |
| Marcus | Jaden Labady | Member of Anthony's gang who helps him bully Kenny at school; eventually suspended. | |
| Carrie Underwood | Herself | In Cobra Kai, she is a multi-Grammy Award-winning country pop singer who is invited by Ron to the 51st All-Valley Karate Tournament. |
Yuji Okumoto reprised his role as Chozen Toguchi from The Karate Kid II and Sean Kanan and Robyn Lively made special guests repeating their roles as Mike Barnes and Jessica Andrews from The Karate Kid III,
| Character | Actor | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hector Salazar | Luis Roberto Guzmán | Miguel’s biological father, Carmen's ex-husband and a criminal in Mexico. | |
| Joanne | Rachelle Carson-Begley | Amanda’s mother who lives in Ohio and who divorced her husband after he cheated on her. She supports Amanda when she has a difficult moment in her marriage. | |
| Elizabeth-Anne Rooney (Lizzie-Anne) | Sunny Mabrey | Rival and former classmate of Amanda and Jessica, whom Jessica refers to in The Karate Kid III. | |
| Kim Da-Eun | Alicia Hannah-Kim | Granddaughter of Kim Sun-Yung and summoned to the USA by Terry Silver | |
| Kim Sun-Yung | Don L. Lee; flashback (Season 5), C.S. Lee (Season 6) | South Korean sensei who is a master of Tang Soo Do karate during the Korean War; built the philosophy of the Cobra Kai dojo: "Strike first, strike hard, no mercy." | |
| Gunther Braun | Carsten Norgaard | German representative for the Sekai Taikai karate tournament. | |
| Gabriel | Owen Ham | Criminal who beats up John Kreese in the prison; implied to have helped Kreese fake his death and escape prison. | |
| Sensei Odell | Tyron Woodley | One of Kim Da-eun's six hired senseis. | |
| Dr. Emily Folsom | Tracey Bonner | Psychiatrist at John Kreese's prison; Kreese used her keycard to escape prison. |
Sean Kanan (Mike Barnes) made a guest appearance,
| Character | Actor | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zenker | Christian Carlson | The president of the fraternity “Theta Omega” at the College of the Valley. | |
| Kwon Jae-Sung | Brandon H. Lee | The top student of Kim Sun-Yung's dojang who joins the newly revived Cobra Kai and the main antagonist of Season 6. | |
| Yoon Do-Jin | Daniel J. Kim | Another student of Kim Sun-Yung's dojang. | |
| Grace Nichols | Bethany DeZelle | The mother of Tory and her brother Brandon who later dies of pulmonary embolism. |
See main article: The Karate Kid (TV series). The animated series had different voice actors for the following characters: Joey Dedio as Daniel LaRusso, Robert Ito as Mr. Miyagi, and Janice Kawaye as Taki Tamurai.
See main article: The Karate Kid (2010 film).
| Character | Actor | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dre Parker | Jaden Smith | Protagonist of The Karate Kid. Goes into training for self-defense after being bullied; later wins in the Open Kung Fu Tournament. Moved from Detroit, Michigan, to Beijing, China. Counterpart of Daniel LaRusso. | |
| Mr. Han | Jackie Chan | Chinese maintenance man who becomes Dre's Shifu; lost his wife and son to a car crash. Counterpart of Mr. Miyagi. | |
| Sherry Parker | Taraji P. Henson | Mother of Dre Parker. Counterpart of Lucille LaRusso. | |
| Cheng | Zhenwei Wang | Main antagonist; Dre's arch rival; top student at the Fighting Dragon studio run by Master Li. Counterpart of Johnny Lawrence. | |
| Meiying | Wenwen Han | Dre's love interest, violin player; her parents deem Dre to be a bad influence, but Dre rehearses a written apology to Meiying's father in which he asks for forgiveness. Counterpart of Ali Mills. | |
| Liang | Shijia Lü | One of Cheng's friends, second-best student at the Fighting Dragons studio; disqualified due to injuring Dre's leg. Due to his disqualifing, he is counterpart of Bobby Brown. | |
| Master Li | Cheng's Kung Fu instructor; instructs Liang to deliver an illegal strike to Dre's leg. Counterpart of John Kreese. |
See main article: articles and Karate Kid (2025 film).
| Liu Fong | Ben Wang | Protagonist of Karate Kid. A young chinese boy who is trained by Mr. Han and Daniel LaRusso. | |
| Victor | Joshua Jackson | ||
| Ms. Morgan | Shaunette Renée Wilson | ||
| Sadie Stanley | |||
| Ming-Na Wen | |||
| Aramis Knight | |||
| Wyatt Oleff | |||
| Jennifer Lyn-Christie |
In January 2020, a Broadway musical adaptation of The Karate Kid was revealed to be in development. Amon Miyamoto served as the director, with an accompanying novel being written by the original film's screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen. Drew Gasparini is the lyricist and composer of the score, while Keone and Mari Madrid choreographed the play. Kumiko Yoshii and Michael Wolk will serve as producers, with The Kinoshita Group. The cast will include Jovanni Sy as Mr. Miyagi, John Cardoza as Daniel LaRusso, Kate Baldwin as Lucille LaRusso, Alan H. Green as John Kreese, Jake Bentley Young as Johnny Lawrence, Jetta Juriansz as Ali Mills, and Luis-Pablo Garcia as Freddie Fernandez.[4] The adaption debuted in St. Louis in June 2022.[5]