“Live or die, man? You better believe that this
Cobra Kai season 3 showdown between Chozen Toguchi (Yuji Okumoto) and Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) is a callback to the duo’s climactic battle in
The Karate Kid Part II. The upcoming third season of the YouTube-turned-Netflix hit (premiering in January) finds Daniel heading to Japan to save his struggling car-dealership chain. During a stop in Okinawa, he crosses paths with his former fight-to-the-death nemesis, Chozen. EW caught up with Okumoto, 61, about stepping into Chozen s gi once again, and how much fun he and Macchio had kicking each other s asses.
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