Cobra Kai
Cobra Kaicharacters include those audiences already knew and have it off from theKarate Kidmovies as well as new character create for the show , though some are well build up than others . Cobra Kaifollows a now grownup Johnny Lawrence ( William Zabka ) and Daniel Larusso ( Ralph Macchio ) in a Modern chapter of their previous rivalry . The series sees each of them create their own karate dojos before finally team up up against a rough-cut enemy with plenty of battle and tournaments along the way .
time of year 6 is the last season ofCobra Kai , culminating in a general tournament , enkindle the stakes of the franchise in a big way . Not every character from the first time of year of the show has made it to the end , and even of those who have , some have had a destiny more screen time than others , allowing the audience to get to fuck them well . Overall , Cobra Kaihas managed some great characters with engaging , fun , and entertaining personality and arcs — but which is the best ?
Seasons
Rotten Tomatoes Score
1
100 %
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2
91 %
3
90 %
4
95 %
5
98 %
6
82 %
20Mitch
Portrayed by Aedin Mincks
Mitch is largely a screen background character reference for much of the series . That happens with a lot of the teens recruited to watch karate under Daniel and Johnny other than the core group of characters . Many of the others only get brief parts or make appearances to provide a trivial comical relief . Mitch is there to be insult by Johnny and the other members of Cobra Kai , and then Eagle Fang , when he can not keep up or is not take care as doing very well .
Beyond that , he does not have much personality outside of being a distinctive teenage boy who wants to fit in . That , he does not until it is revealed that he is in reality a turncoat at the end of season 5 . He has been Cobra Kai all along , even as he has been hazard to be a extremity of Eagle Fang and then train alongside Miyagi - do as well . The reveal paint him as insecure and selfish , but time of year 6 sees him back alongside his former friends .
While the reveal of his perfidy in time of year 5 is a shocking one for his friends , it also is not specially ramp up up well for the audience since the audience does not get to know much about him before that . It ’s surprising , but not exactly efficient .
Each of the main character reference in Cobra Kai have a combat style tempt by their several dojos & the senseis who have taught them over the years .
19Aisha
Portrayed by Nichole Brown
Aisha has so much potential as a character in the first two season of the show . Sam ’s good Quaker before Sam becomes a penis of the popular bunch , Aisha continually gets strong-arm by Sam ’s new friend . She join Johnny ’s version of Cobra Kai as a way to learn how to defend herself . Learning karate does actually increase Aisha ’s ego - confidence and allows her to get even with her bullies .
After that , however , Nichole Brown ’s theatrical role is write out of the show middling suddenly . The explanation is that her family does not like how karate has changed her , or how the conflict between dojos has consumed her . While that is middling from the parents of a teenager , the show only gives a brief reunion with Samto wrap up Aisha ’s plot line .
Aisha is not given the same protracted character discharge that Hawk and Tory get , but she had the potential to be just as enchanting and well - rounded of a fibre as the two of them .
18Moon
Portrayed by Hannah Kepple
moonlight is one of the democratic girlfriend that Sam befriend in the first time of year of the show . Though Moon is Yasmine ’s best friend , she is not as judgmental as Yasmine or someone who browbeat others . She does stand by when Yasmine does though , andshe could have just been a stereotypical popular miss if the show had not decided to give her a mo more profundity .
Moon becomes interested in Eli when he win confidence from his learning of karate . She cheer him on at competitions , but she draws the line when she finds that he has become a wild hooligan . synodic month cuts ties with him until he begins to redeem himself , which is a dependable way for the show to demonstrate that she has learned from her experiences with Yasmine and Aisha .
Moon is also shown to be something of a modern hippy . She cares about the surround , sings songs about peacekeeping operation , and promote Eli to have go of negativeness . The consultation actually get to learn more about Moon in her few visual aspect than they do some of the members of the rival dojos . If she was made into a more integral member of the cast , she could be a standout case .
17Zara
Portrayed by Rayna Vallandingham
Zara is introduced in the sixth season of the show , so the interview does not get to pass a ton of time with her . That ’s a pity because she is perfectly a fascinating theatrical role . She has traits in common with both Yasmine and Tory , but she also seems to be one of the proficient fighters that has ever been on the show , which might be because Rayna Vallandingham is really an incredibly accomplished soldierly artist .
Rayna Vallandingham is the young black belt martial creative person in the world to realise 12 World Championship titles and is trained in a mixture of forms and weapons .
When Zara fall in the series , it is as a competitor for a rival team in the Sekai Taikai . She is incredibly focussed on the win , but she has some unorthodox method acting for aim into the read/write head of her competitors . She allows Tory to think that she slept with Robbie , for example . She also is a pop social medium influencer who touts healthy modus vivendi and feminist attitudes while actually tear apart the other female competitors in private .
She build for an interesting commentary on how what influencers present to the world is a very cautiously cultivated image . It ’s a ignominy she did not come out earlier in the show .
16Kenny
Portrayed by Dallas Dupree Young
Kenny isCobra Kai ’s cautionary story . He is a young minor , initially mentor by Robby , who is relentlessly bullied by Anthony LaRusso and his friends until he start to get serious about his karate . Kenny becomes focussed on his anger and his penury for revenge , which is what he is initially taught when it comes to karate .
Most of Kenny ’s storyline focuses on him get back at Anthony and becoming a bully himself . It takes a long time for him to let go of his hate of Anthony , and even when he adjudicate to , he like a shot assumes that Anthony is to blame for any misfortune that befalls him , include his boozing being laced with a laxative when the dojo is render to determine who will make up them at the Seakai Taikai .
While Kenny ’s electric arc is a keen one because it shows how bullying leads to anger and rancour , certain aspects of it act as out for a little too long . Seeing Kenny and Anthony as part of a united team is a mint more satisfying than ascertain them constantly play out the cycle of bullying and ill-usage that has go on between dojos in the enfranchisement .
15Devon Lee
Portrayed by Oona O’Brien
Oona O’Brien ’s Devon Lee is one of Johnny Lawrence ’s bookman , and she has an interesting story that see her join several rival dojos before finding her way back . Devon was introduced inCobra Kaiseason 4when she get together Johnny ’s Eagle Fang Karate , and she finally hoist up at Cobra Kai under Terry Silver . She has the potential to be a big character — she ’s surely strong , and her family relationship with Tory and the decision to facilitate work againstCobra Kaiin season 5 helped push her arc along .
However , Devon has n’t been given enough attention to really stand up out against the otherCobra Kaicharacters . In the most recent time of year , Devon did clean well in the Sekai Taikai . Unfortunately though , her report is more or less tarnish by lacing Kenny ’s pee bottle with laxatives . She ’s one of the most competitive characters inCobra Kai , though she does n’t share in many of the other penis of the Cobra Kai dojo ’s more toxic trait - a fact Johnny recognizes , which is why he welcome her back with open arms .
Cobra Kai features several adolescent case , but how old they are compared to the doer who act as Miguel , Tory , Sam , and others are very unlike .
14Carmen Diaz
Portrayed by Vanessa Rubio
Vanessa Rubio ’s Carmen Diaz has been inCobra Kaisince the beginning and has been an all-important character for flesh out the personality of the adult Johnny Lawrence after viewers last run across him inThe Karate Kid . It has been large to ascertain Johnny twilight in love and set out to settle down inCobra Kai , and his personality has been all the better because of it , which can be attributed to Carmen .
Johnny Lawrence inCobra Kaiseason 6 is a meaning contrast to where he originally started in time of year 1 , and this has a mountain to do with Carmen ’s influence . female parent to Miguel , Carmen has been a relatively constant front throughout the Netflix series , but she does n’t stand on her own . Her character feels more like a tool for otherCobra Kaicharacter arc rather than a define reference all her own . As of the offset ofCobra Kaiseason 6 , she has a fresh infant on the manner , but she is not a huge part of the storyline in the last season .
13Anthony LaRusso
Portrayed by Griffin Santopietro
Like Carmen , Griffin Santopietro ’s Anthony LaRusso has been a presence since the very beginning ofCobra Kaiand is Danny LaRusso ’s Logos . Despite being the child of the Karate Kid himself , Anthony LaRusso was jolly difficult to like for the legal age ofCobra Kai . During the first twain of time of year , he was simply a spoiled rich kid who was mostly brush off by his distrait parents . Then , when Anthony became a bigger part of the plot , he play the use of bully .
To Anthony ’s cite , he turned affair around ( after his dupe Kenny started making a stand ) and has go out a lot more development in the final few seasons ofCobra Kai . He has attempt to make amends and learn from his mistakes . However , there has n’t been enough time for Daniel ’s son to stand middle stagecoach for him to rank among the series ' central characters .
12Terry Silver
Portrayed by Thomas Ian Griffith
Terry Silver is an excellent villain .
Cobra Kaibrought back many characters from theKarate Kidmovies alongside Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence , one of them being Thomas Ian Griffith ’s Terry Silver , the antagonist ofThe Karate Kid III.Terry Silver is an excellent villain . Though the flight of most of the bad guys ofCobra Kaihas been from bad to good , Silver has work in the opposite steering . When he was first introduce , he was eager to keep his liveliness on the unbent and narrow-minded .
However , Terry quickly got breastfeed into the karate dojo drama and wind up being the very bad of the worst . Though Silver ’s authoritative evil has worked great for keep the battle ofCobra Kaigoing substantial , the fact that there is fiddling motive for Silver ’s action mechanism away from wanting to be the best leave him a little one - note , and his mien does make the show feel repetitive .
11Samantha LaRusso
Portrayed by Mary Mouser
Anthony LaRusso is n’t the only one of Daniel ’s child to be a prominent figure inCobra Kai , as his daughter , Mary Mouser ’s Sam , is also a important presence in the show . If theCobra Kaicharacters were to be rank by fight power , Samantha LaRusso would undoubtedly be ranked among the high . However , when it come to her character reference , there is something to be desired . Much like her youthful brother , Sam does n’t startCobra Kaion her best basis and claim several seasons to come into her own .
true , Samantha has seen a significant amount of maturation through her relationships with Robby and Miguel , as well as her rivalry with Tory . However , her battle and flounder regarding conclusion - qualification made her story more frustrative than fulfil . What ’s more , Sam ’s tale is basically already settle by the end ofCobra Kaiseason 5 , which leaves little interest result over for the series ' net season .
Much of the conflict created for her in season 6 , like anger at Tory moving to a new dojo and a new male child being interested in her , all sense like retreads of old storylines .
There is already a definitive result for who is Cobra Kai ’s good fighter , as the show has repeatedly proven Sam LaRusso is the best karate student .
