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| Created by | Robert Mark Kamen |
| Original work | The Karate Kid (1984) |
| Owner | Columbia Pictures Industries (Sony Pictures Entertainment) |
| Years | 1984–present |
| Films and television | |
| Film(s) |
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| Television series | Cobra Kai (2018–present) |
| Animated series | The Karate Kid (1989) |
| Games | |
| Video game(s) |
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| Audio | |
| Soundtrack(s) | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Character(s) | List of characters |
The Karate Kid is an American martial arts drama franchise created by Robert Mark Kamen. The series follows the journey of various coming-of-age teenagers who are taught in the ways of martial arts by an experienced mentor in order to stand up for themselves after being bullied, or assert their dominance towards others.
The original film series began as a tetralogy, starting with the release of The Karate Kid (1984), after the success of which three sequels were produced: The Karate Kid Part II (1986), The Karate Kid Part III (1989), and The Next Karate Kid (1994). In 2010, a remake with a similar storyline but with a different set of characters, was released. Despite maintaining the original title, the remake focused on kung fu, as the film was set in China. A sixth film, Karate Kid, with Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio reprising their original roles from the previous films, is scheduled to be released in late 2024.
Cobra Kai (2018–present) offers a continuation of the story that begins in the original films of the 1980s and 1990s created, three decades later. While directly based on Kamen's characters, Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg created this series.
An animated series, as well as tie-in video games among other pieces of merchandise, have also been released alongside the films.
Films
The Karate Kid (1984)
Daniel LaRusso and his mother have just moved to Reseda, Los Angeles from Newark, New Jersey at the start of the school year. Befriending classmate Ali Mills, he comes into conflict with Ali's ex-boyfriend and star pupil of the "Cobra Kai" dojo Johnny Lawrence and his gang. After being beaten up by the Cobra Kai gang in an after-school fight, Daniel finds an unlikely friend and karate sensei in his apartment complex's handyman, Mr. Miyagi, a proficient karate master. Making a deal with Johnny's merciless sensei, John Kreese, to end the fighting, Miyagi trains Daniel to compete at the All-Valley Karate Tournament.
The Karate Kid Part II (1986)
Immediately following the All-Valley Karate Tournament, Johnny is attacked by his furious sensei, John Kreese, in the parking lot. Mr. Miyagi intervenes, rescuing Johnny and passively humiliating Kreese in the process. Six months later, Miyagi receives a letter about his ailing father and plans to return to his home village on Okinawa Island. With Daniel in tow, Miyagi's past catches up with him as an old rivalry with a former friend is reignited.
The Karate Kid Part III (1989)
Six months after the 1984 All-Valley Karate Tournament, a down-and-out John Kreese visits his Vietnam War comrade, rich businessman Terry Silver. Silver sends Kreese on vacation to Tahiti, promising to re-establish the Cobra Kai dojo and get revenge on Daniel and Mr. Miyagi. Meanwhile, Daniel and Miyagi have returned home from Okinawa to find Daniel's apartment building being demolished and his mother back in New Jersey taking care of a sick relative; Miyagi invites Daniel to stay with him. When Miyagi refuses to train Daniel to defend his title at the tournament, Daniel happens across Silver who offers to train him Cobra Kai-style.
The Next Karate Kid (1994)
Mr. Miyagi (the only character from the previous films to return) travels to Boston, Massachusetts in order to attend a commemorative service in for the Japanese-American soldiers who fought in the 442nd Infantry Regiment in World War II. While there, he reacquaints with Louisa Pierce, the widow of his commanding officer. Louisa introduces him to his rebellious teenage granddaughter Julie, whose anger issues – resulting from her parents' deaths – make life difficult for Louisa. Offering to help, Miyagi sends Louisa to his home in Los Angeles for respite while he works to mentor Julie. Julie initially rebuffs Miyagi's help, but warms to him after coming into conflict with the leader of her school's shady security fraternity, Ned.
The Karate Kid (2010)
In this remake of the 1984 film, Dre Parker and his mother move from Detroit to Beijing after she transfers jobs from a car factory in the city. He befriends Meiying, a young musician who goes to his school, but draws the unwanted attention of Cheng, a kung fu prodigy whose family is close to Meiying's. Cheng and his friends relentlessly bully Dre at school to keep him away from Meiying, resulting in a fight on a school field trip where Dre is beaten up before being saved by his apartment building's maintenance man, Mr. Han. After failing to end the bullying by talking with Cheng's ruthless kung fu teacher, Mr. Han agrees to train Dre to compete at an upcoming kung fu tournament.
Karate Kid (2025)
In September 2022, a new film was announced as being in development, described as "the return of the original Karate Kid franchise".[1][2] Cobra Kai co-creator Jon Hurwitz later stated that he was not involved with the project, and that it was not directly connected to the television series.[3]
In August 2023, it was reported that Jackie Chan would be reprising his role from the 2010 film.[4] By November of the same year, Chan officially joined the cast, alongside Ralph Macchio, in their respective roles as Mr. Han and Daniel LaRusso. The studio announced a worldwide open casting call for an actor to star as the movie's iteration of the titular character. Jonathan Entwistle will serve as director from a script written by Rob Lieber, where the plot will involve a teen from China moving to the East Coast and beginning to study martial arts. Karen Rosenfelt will produce the film, with principal photography scheduled to occur in Montreal to last from April 01 to June 03 under the working title “Victory Boulevard”.[5] Originally scheduled to be released on June 7, 2024, the film was delayed to December 13, 2024, in part as a result of the 2023 writers and actors strikes.[1][6] In February 2024, Ben Wang was cast as the titular character.[7] In March, Joshua Jackson, Sadie Stanley and Ming-Na Wen were cast in undisclosed roles.[8]
| Film | U.S. release date | Director | Screenwriter | Story by | Producer(s) | Status |
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| The Karate Kid | June 22, 1984 | John G. Avildsen | Robert Mark Kamen | Jerry Weintraub | Released | |
| The Karate Kid Part II | June 20, 1986 | |||||
| The Karate Kid Part III | June 30, 1989 | |||||
| The Next Karate Kid | August 12, 1994 | Christopher Cain | Mark Lee | |||
| The Karate Kid | June 11, 2010 | Harald Zwart | Christopher Murphey | Robert Mark Kamen | Will Smith, Ken Stovitz, James Lassiter, Jerry Weintraub & Jada Pinkett Smith | |
| Karate Kid | May 30, 2025 | Jonathan Entwistle | Rob Lieber | Karen Rosenfelt | Filming | |
Television series
| Series | Season | Episodes | Originally released | Showrunner(s) | ||||||||
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| First released | Last released | Network | ||||||||||
| Animation | ||||||||||||
| The Karate Kid | 1 | 13 | September 9, 1989 | December 16, 1989 | NBC | Larry Houston | ||||||
| Live-action | ||||||||||||
| Cobra Kai | 1 | 10 | May 2, 2018 | YouTube Red | Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz & Hayden Schlossberg | |||||||
| 2 | 10 | April 24, 2019 | YouTube Premium | |||||||||
| 3 | 10 | January 1, 2021 | Netflix | |||||||||
| 4 | 10 | December 31, 2021 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 10 | September 9, 2022 | ||||||||||
| 6[9] | 15 | TBA | ||||||||||
The Karate Kid (1989)
In this animated children's television series, a miniature shrine with mystical properties has been stolen from its resting place in Okinawa. Joined by Taki Tamurai, Daniel and Mr. Miyagi are tasked with locating it and returning it home, traveling the globe on a series of adventures. The characters were not voiced by the original film actors, although Pat Morita voiced the opening narration.
With regard to Cobra Kai, executive producer and co-creator Jon Hurwitz revealed that The Karate Kid series is not canon, but an Easter Egg from it appears in Season 3 in response to the question about the Karate Kid animated series official status within The Karate Kid universe.[10] The Easter Egg was the Miyagi-Do shrine, briefly seen at Chozen Toguchi's dojo in Okinawa halfway through the season. The artifacts were recovered by Daniel LaRusso and Mr. Miyagi in the short-lived Karate Kid animated series, which ran for thirteen episodes in 1989.[11]
Cobra Kai (2018–present)
34 years after the 1984 All-Valley Karate Tournament, a down-and-out Johnny Lawrence, now in his 50s, has just lost his job. After getting arrested for rescuing his teenage neighbor Miguel Diaz from a group of bullies, then getting cut-loose and disowned by his stepfather, Johnny agrees to teach Miguel karate and reopens the Cobra Kai dojo, attracting social outcasts who build their self-confidence under his unorthodox tutelage. Meanwhile, Daniel LaRusso owns a successful chain of car dealerships and is happily married to his wife Amanda but struggles to keep a balanced life without the guidance of his now-deceased mentor, Mr. Miyagi. Johnny's estranged and troubled son, Robby Keene, hoping to get back at his father, comes under Daniel's wing – initially not knowing Robby's parentage – giving Robby a job at his car dealership and teaching him Miyagi-Do karate. Daniel and Johnny come into conflict after Cobra Kai's return is made public, while Daniel's daughter Samantha gets caught in the middle.
According to Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg, the only characters that they would explore in the series were ones who featured in the first four movies. The creatives stated that they internally reference these characters as a part of the "Miyagi-verse", and explained that they are those who interacted directly with the character of Mr. Miyagi.[12]
Cast and characters
This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in the franchise.
- An empty, dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed.
- A indicates an appearance through archival footage or audio.
- C indicates a cameo role.
- P indicates an appearance in onscreen photographs.
- U indicates an uncredited appearance.
- V indicates a voice-only role.
- Y indicates a younger version of the character.
- F indicates a performer stood in as a character's body-double for fight sequences.
| Character | Films | Television | Video games | Broadway | |||||||
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| The Karate Kid | The Karate Kid Part II | The Karate Kid Part III | The Next Karate Kid | The Karate Kid | Karate Kid | The Karate Kid | Cobra Kai | Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues | Cobra Kai 2: Dojo's Rising | The Karate Kid The Musical | |
| Principal cast | |||||||||||
| Daniel LaRusso | Ralph Macchio | Ralph Macchio | Joey DedioV | Ralph Macchio | Ralph MacchioV | John Cardoza | |||||
| Mr. Miyagi | Noriyuki "Pat" Morita Fumio DemuraF |
Noriyuki "Pat" Morita | Noriyuki "Pat" Morita Fumio DemuraF |
Robert ItoV | Noriyuki "Pat" MoritaA | Jovanni Sy | |||||
| John Kreese | Martin Kove | Martin Kove Barrett CarnahanY |
Brent MukaiV | Martin KoveV | Alan H. Green | ||||||
| John "Johnny" Lawrence | William Zabka | William ZabkaA | William Zabka Owen StoneY Thomas ParobekY Logan CoffeyY |
William ZabkaV | Jake Bentley Young | ||||||
| Ali Mills | Elisabeth Shue | Elisabeth ShueA | Elisabeth Shue | Jessica RauV | Jetta Juriansz | ||||||
| Chozen Toguchi | Yuji Okumoto | Yuji Okumoto Shigi OhtsuY |
Yuji OkumotoV | ||||||||
| Sato | Danny Kamekona | Danny KamekonaA Akihiro KitamuraY |
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| Kumiko | Tamlyn Tomita | Tamlyn Tomita | |||||||||
| Terrence "Terry" Silver | Thomas Ian Griffith | Thomas Ian Griffith Nick MariniY |
Thomas Ian GriffithV | ||||||||
| Michael "Mike" Barnes | Sean Kanan | Sean Kanan | |||||||||
| Jessica Andrews | Robyn Lively | Robyn Lively | |||||||||
| Julie Pierce | Hilary Swank | ||||||||||
| Ned Randall | Michael Cavelieri | ||||||||||
| Colonel Paul Dugan | Michael Ironside | ||||||||||
| Dre Parker | Jaden Smith | ||||||||||
| Mr. Han | Jackie Chan | ||||||||||
| Cheng | Zhenwei Wang | ||||||||||
| Master Li | Rongguang Yu | ||||||||||
| Miguel Diaz | Xolo Maridueña | Joe ZiejaV | Xolo MaridueñaV | ||||||||
| Samantha "Sam" LaRusso | Mary Mouser Reese TinLeeY |
Valerie Rose LohmanV | Mary MouserV | ||||||||
| Robert "Robby" Keene | Tanner Buchanan | Spencer GreeneV | |||||||||
| Tory Nichols | Peyton List | Jessica RauV | Peyton ListV | ||||||||
| Eli "Hawk" Moskowitz | Jacob Bertrand | Jacob BertrandV | |||||||||
| Demetri Alexopoulos | Gianni Decenzo | Gianni DecenzoV | |||||||||
| Kenny Payne | Dallas Dupree Young | Zeno RobinsonV | |||||||||
| Supporting cast | |||||||||||
| Lucille LaRusso | Randee Heller | Randee HellerA | Randee Heller | Randee Heller | Kate Baldwin | ||||||
| Bobby Brown | Ron Thomas | Ron ThomasA | Ron Thomas | Brent MukaiV | |||||||
| Tommy | Rob Garrison | Rob GarrisonA | Rob Garrison | ||||||||
| Dutch | Chad McQueen | Chad McQueenA | Chad McQueenA | ||||||||
| Jimmy | Tony O'Dell | Tony O'DellA | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=The_Karate_Kid_(franchise) | ||||||||