Yuji Okumoto Archives

As much as Cobra Kai showrunners Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg love to keep things tight to the chest as far as the future of the world they build from The Karate Kid franchise, The Karate Kid Part III (1989) star and season five addition Sean Kanan had an idea to pitch involving[...]

One of the most pleasant surprises of Cobra Kai is Yuji Okumoto's Chozen Toguchi, Daniel LaRusso's (Ralph Macchio) rival in The Karate Kid Part II (1986) Reintroduced in the Netflix series' season three, Chozen's the second bully-turned-ally from Daniel's past after William Zabka's Johnny Lawrence When Daniel revisited Okinawa, Japan, he ran into two familiar[...]

And then later, shedding his partner John Kreese (Martin Kove) by framing him for his own attack on Stingray (Paul Walter-Hauser). (L to R) Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso, Yuji Okumoto as Chozen Toguchi, Courtney Henggeler as Amanda LaRusso, William Zabka as Johnny Lawrence in Cobra Kai Cr Courtesy of Netflix © 2022 When we find our[...]

(L to R) William Zabka as Johnny Lawrence, Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso, Yuji Okumoto as Chozen Toguchi in Cobra Kai Cr Curtis Bonds Baker/Netflix © 2022 The clip begins with Terry's voiceover promoting his grand plan to expand Cobra Kai throughout the Valley in the commercial, "Karate is more than a sport." We see the[...]

The stakes are even higher in season five of Cobra Kai as Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) calls in his own reinforcements, turning to his one-time former rival Chozen (Yuji Okumoto) after Terry Silver's (Thomas Ian Griffith) dojo emerges victorious and Miyagi-do and Eagle Fang are forced to shut down Daniel faces an even more uncertain[...]

Yuji Okumoto has been one of the most reliable character actors in Hollywood nearly celebrating 40 years in front and occasionally behind the camera Making his feature debut in comedies Real Genius and Better Off Dead… in 1985, the actor would find his signature role early in his breakout performance as the antagonist Chozen Toguchi[...]

In the other arc that sees Daniel catching up and sparring with his The Karate Kid Part II (1986) rival Chozen (Yuji Okumoto), the latter shows him a world of Miyagi-do Daniel never knew existed finally getting his "revenge" after all these years Macchio's scenes in Japan are some of the most refreshing Cobra Kai[...]

TINA ROWDEN/NETFLIX © 2020 Macchio was excited to reunite with Tomita and Yuji Okumoto, who reprise their Part II roles as Kumiko and Chozen, respectively "It's the same thing I talk about when Billy and I stepped on together; there's just a history and you share something that's an unspoken language, that there's a connection and[...]