Cobra Kai season 5 release date and time — how to watch on Netflix
Once the Cobra Kai Season 5 release date hits, Netflix is kicking things into high gear. The hit Netflix series returns this week with more action, more conflict and more high-stakes karate matches.
Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and their students team up to take on Terry Silver and the growing Cobra Kai dojo franchise. You will also face the villain from Karate Kid Part III, karate villain Mike Barnes.
Cobra Kai is one of the best Netflix shows and is one of the streamer’s most popular series. A sequel to the Karate Kid films, it follows former rivals Johnny and Daniel some 30 years later as adults. They came into conflict again when Johnny reopened his old Cobra Kai dojo to teach a new generation of students. In response, Daniel Miyagi-do rebooted and her students bumped into each other on the mat and at school.
In Season 4, Johnny and Daniel put their feud aside to team up against John Kreese and Terry Silver, who had taken over Cobra Kai. They made a deal – if Johnny and Daniel’s students win the tournament, Kreese and Silver will leave the Valley forever. But when Cobra Kai prevailed and Kreese went to jail, Daniel made a surprising decision about Miyagi-do’s future.
In Season 5, Silver Cobra Kai is spreading throughout the valley, with Daniel and Johnny determined to stop him.
Here’s what you need to watch Cobra Kai Season 5 on Netflix.
When is Cobra Kai Season 5 coming out on Netflix?
Season 5 of Cobra Kai premieres on Netflix on Friday, September 9th at 3pm ET (opens in new tab).
Season 5 consists of 10 episodes, all appearing simultaneously.
Cobra Kai season 5 trailer
The full-length Cobra Kai Season 5 trailer brings drama and action to 11. As Daniel notes, Terry Silver is expanding his dojo franchise to include the whole valley. Johnny quit as Sensei, so it’s up to Daniel and Chozen to stop the madness. Meanwhile, conflicts among the younger generation are as heated as ever, including between Miguel and Robby.
Cobra Kai season 5 cast
While the cast of Cobra Kai Season 5 is yet to be fully confirmed, it looks like all the key cast members are returning.
This list is of course headed by William Zabka as Johnny Lawrence and Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso.
They are joined by Thomas Ian Griffith as new Cobra-Kai boss Terry Silver. Daniel will team up with one-time enemy Chozen, played again by Yuji Okumoto. Season 5 also brings back Sean Kanan as Mike Barnes, an antagonist in Karate Kid Part III.
We’ll almost certainly see Courtney Henggeler as Amanda LaRusso (Daniel’s wife) and Vanessa Rubios Carmen Diaz (Miguel’s mother).
Cobra Kai also appears to be bringing back most of the students from the three dojos, with the trailer confirming the return of:
- Xolo Maridueña as Miguel Diaz
- Mary Mouser as Samantha LaRusso, Daniel’s daughter
- Tanner Buchanan as Robby Keene, Johnny’s son
- Peyton List as Tory Nichols
It is likely that the other main students will return as well, including:
- Jacob Bertrand as Eli “Hawk” Moskowitz
- Gianni Decenzo as Demetri Alexopoulos
- Dallas Dupree Young as Kenny Payne
- Oona O’Brien as Devon Lee
- Griffin Santopietro as Anthony LaRusso, Daniel’s son
The late Pat Morita also appears in the trailer in the form of a Karate Kid III flashback, suggesting more archive footage of Daniel’s mentor.
Could we end up meeting up with someone else? The series has now drawn previous characters from three of the Karate Kid films – giving fans hope to see Hilary Swank again in her role as Julie Pierce from The Next Karate Kid.
Co-creator Jon Hurwitz was very reserved on the subject in an interview with Fandom (opens in new tab).
“All we can say about her is that we love Hilary Swank. We think she’s a phenomenal actress and we love her character in this franchise,” he said. “She was tutored by Mr. Miyagi and she is someone important to the Karate Kid universe. We can’t say if she will return, we can’t say how she would return if she did return.
“We can say we talk about her and maybe we’ve met her, maybe we’ve worked with her, maybe we haven’t. We can’t tell you anything! It will continue to be a question until it shows up or the series ends and we always appreciate the question!”
Is Cobra Kai season 5 the final season?
While Netflix hasn’t officially ordered Cobra Kai Season 6, we think it’s a safe bet to assume it will happen.
And the creators of the show already have plans for future episodes. “We’re past Season 5. We’re not writing to the end of the series in Season 5 right now,” Josh Heald told Screenrant (opens in new tab).