Netflix’s Cobra Kai season 5 release date and trailer announced

Cobra Kai Season 5 will premiere Sept. 9. This was announced by Netflix on Thursday night during a panel discussion at Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival Los Angeles. A new trailer accompanied the announcement, and if you’re not fully caught up on the series, it’s got some spoilers that we’ll be discussing below.

[Ed. note: Spoilers for Cobra Kai season 4 follow.]

Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith), an iconic character who returned after 30+ years to highlight a strong fourth and ultimately redeem a movie that was released in 1989, now runs Cobra Kai. This rich, old sociopath plans on franchising Cobra Kai throughout the San Fernando Valley.

It’s much easier to do this task with John Kreese(Martin Kove) out the way. Silver made him stand trial for his brutal beating of Stingray, Paul Walter Hauser (seriously), and had Kreese go through the slammer. Daniel (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny’s (William Zabka) dojos split up, with Daniel’s new protege Hawk (Jacob Bertrand) winning the boys’ division of the All-Valley, and Cobra Kai’s Tori (Peyton List) taking down rival Samantha LaRusso (Mary Mouser), fighting for Johnny’s Eagle Fang. Also, Miguel (Xolo Maridueña) peaced the eff out of the semifinals to go find his father in Mexico (although Miguel and his mother are in fact Guatemalan). Johnny appears to be going after him with Robby (Tanner Buchanan), who reluctantly rides shotgun.

Daniel will once again be kicking Cobra Kai away from the Valley. But he can’t do it without Johnny. Fan favorite Chozen (Yuji Okumoto), The Karate Kid Part 2’s bad guy who made a face turn in season 3, is now stateside to supply Daniel-san with some muscle.

This covers most of the major points, except Kreese who isn’t seen in this trailer. We also don’t get to see Kenny Payne, (Dallas Dupree Young), or Anthony LaRusso. These two were fierce rivals in season 4, and they should both be heading for high school.

Cobra Kai season 5 was ordered in August 2021, four months before season 4’s New Year’s Eve premiere. Atlanta was the location for shooting last autumn. We now have the third season, three months after we had seasons 3, and 4, once everyone is healthy from any pandemic-related delays.