Cobra Kai season 5 will be coming out soon and it is sooner than expected. The show will be landing on Netflix this September. The new season is releasing after a few months after the season 4 release. The Cobra Kai season 4 premiered in December 2021. There is a full-length, action-packed trailer released as well.
The trailer highlights the confrontation between Terry Silver and Chozen about Johnny and Robby’s trip to Mexico to find Miguel. In this post, we have gathered everything there is to know about Cobra Kai season 5. Find out full details about the cast, plot, and even more. Scroll on to find out all about Cobra Kai Season 5.
When Will Cobra Kai season 5 Release?
Cobra Kai season 5 will be coming to Netflix on September 9. The release will be earlier than the show’s usual release date. It was expected to release sometime in December-January. All episodes of the season will be dropping at once.
Is There A Trailer For Cobra Kai season 5?
The first trailer for Cobra Kai season 5 has been released. In the trailer, we see the 51st All Valley Karate Championship. The tournament is about Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang who face tough circumstances after a controversial win for Tory and Cobra Kai in the finals.
The trailer teases Terry Silver’s wishes to franchise the dojo all across the valley. We see Daniel LaRusso fighting back against his one-time rival Chozen. He is helping in taking the fight back to Silver. Cobra Kai season 5 is not just dealing with the karate shenanigans in Los Angeles. Johnny is seen heading down south with his son to find someone.
Who Is In The Cast Of Cobra Kai season 5?
The recent trailer of Cobra Kai Season 5 revealed that some old characters will be returning to this season. Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence will be returning which means that Ralph Macchio and William Zabka are back. Courtney Henggeler will be back as Amanda LaRusso, and Vanessa Rubio as Carmen Diaz, too.
Big bad Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith) will also be returning to season 5. We will see John Kreese (Martin Kove) back again too. The ending scene of season 4 also confirmed a surprise cast member. Yuji Okumoto will be returning as Chozen this season as well.
In the younger cast, we will see familiar faces of Xolo Maridueña as Miguel Diaz, Mary Mouser as Samantha LaRusso, Tanner Buchanan as Robby Keene and Peyton List as Tory are back. The other cast members will include:
- Jacob Bertrand as Hawk
- Gianni DeCenzo as Demetri Alexopoulos
- Peyton List as Tory Nichols
- Joe Seo as Kyler Park
- Selah Austria as Piper
- Khalil Everage as Chris
- Aedin Mincks as Mitch
- Hannah Kepple as Moon
- Owen Morgan as Bert
- Nathaniel Oh as Nate
Anthony LaRusso, and the newcomer Dallas Young will be playing the role of Kenny Payne is back. Young will become the series regularly. According to reports, Alicia Hannah-Kim will be joining the cast as Kim Da-Eun. She plays a South Korean sensei who is a member of Silver’s plans for Cobra Kai’s growth. Ominous.
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What Is The Plot Of Cobra Kai season 5?
Season 5 of Cobra Kai will focus on the combined forces of Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang (or Miyagi-Fang). They weren’t enough to beat Cobra Kai at the All Valley. He won the girls’ side of the tournament and gained the overall prize.
Daniel LaRusso is still working towards bringing down Cobra Kai. He has enlisted Chozen for help.
The co-creator of Cobra Kai Season 5 Jon Hurwitz told the media:
“When Yuji [Okumoto] returned in season 3, the scenes that he had with Ralph [Macchio] were some of our favorites in that season, both from a karate standpoint, but also a comedy standpoint. We love that dynamic and just what he brings. And beyond that he’s got demons, he has things that he’s working through himself in life. So he’s a fully realized character that has work to be done and what better time for him to come to the United States and join the fight in the Valley than when Terry Silver is on top?
Because, as we all know, Terry Silver is a very formidable opponent… If Cobra Kai is going to have Terry Silver on that side, to bring in Chozen who has a history of fighting to the death and fearlessness, and seemingly is more skilled and is more of a karate threat than Daniel, even, at this point, it felt like it was great for season 5 to have Chozen and Silver as opposing forces.”
John Kreese will be out of the picture – for now. For the students of Miyagi-Do, Eagle Fang, and Cobra Kai, the future is less clear. Daniel has no plans of shutting his dojo, so the Miyagi-Do kids will still be honing their karate skills. Cobra Kai will be expanding, but some students might not be seen in season 5.
Season 5 will be action-packed. “We’ve just shot season 5. And we ended up in a situation where the finale is, I don’t want to say bigger, but there’s a lot of action going on in our season five finale,” co-creator Hayden Schlossberg told the media.
Is Cobra Kai season 5 the final season?
There’s no confirmed season 6 but the creators Josh Heald, Hayden Schlossberg, and Jon Hurwitz that will be planning more seasons for the show. They told the media:
“It’s changed at times, but it also hasn’t,” Heald said. “We still have an endgame plan. We’re still writing beyond season 5. But it’s been fun to bring in those new characters and storylines and let them lead the way sometimes.”
Said Hurwitz: “We’ve never said from the beginning how many seasons there would be. I think we always viewed it as at least six was sort of in our heads, but we’re still figuring out exactly what the length for that landing is for all the reasons that Josh mentioned.”
Schlossberg shared the potential of the sixth installment. “We have an end in mind,” he said. “How many seasons it takes to get there, we don’t know. We’re enjoying making it so much.” He added: “If it gets tiring to us, we’ll stop before that; we have a few more seasons already planned out.”
