![]() For his part, Miyagi agrees to teach Daniel. Kreese finally consents to a cessation of hostilities until the time of The All-Valley Karate tournament, where Daniel and the bullying Cobra Kai students will compete. However, a meeting with the arrogant and merciless John Kreese – a former Special Forces veteran running the Cobra Kai dojo and the bullies' sensei – proves largely futile. Miyagi initially declines, wanting instead to prevent the bullying entirely. When Daniel realizes that Miyagi saved him, he asks to be taught karate. He later rescues Daniel after he is beaten up by the same bullies during a Halloween party, fending off all the attackers easily. When Daniel throws away his bike after it is damaged in an ambush by Johnny Lawrence (who is jealous that Daniel is dating Ali) and other members of Cobra Kai, Miyagi repairs and returns it. In 1984, Miyagi (who is now 59 years old) is working as a maintenance man at the South Seas apartment complex Daniel LaRusso and his mother have just moved into. Listed below are the medals and service awards displayed on Miyagi's Staff Sergeant's uniform in the first film. While still fighting overseas, he received a telegram informing him that on November 2, 1944, his wife and newborn child (who were still interned at Manzanar) died due to "complications arising from childbirth." Forty years later, when telling the story to Daniel in The Karate Kid, he says that despite being the " Land of the Free" and " Home of the Brave," they died because there were no doctors there to help her. As a way of saying "thank you," Miyagi taught him karate (and Pierce taught him ballroom dancing). During this time, his commanding officer Lieutenant Jack Pierce saved his life. Munemori, who received it posthumously in 1946 20 other regiment members were upgraded from the Distinguished Service Cross in 2000). He was a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, historically the most highly decorated regiment, for its size, of the United States Armed Forces, including 21 Medal of Honor recipients (at the time of the Karate Kid film series, there was only one regiment member awarded the Medal of Honor- Sadao S. He and his wife were later interned in the Manzanar Japanese-American internment camp at the onset of World War II. While working in the cane fields, he met a young woman who would become his wife. Rather than fight his friend, Miyagi secretly left Okinawa, and emigrated to Hawaii where he worked as a farm laborer in the Hawaiian cane fields. Dishonored by their love, Sato challenged Miyagi to a fight to the death. Miyagi rebelled against convention and declared his love for Yukie in a public speech. However, her marriage had already been arranged to Sato. Their friendship soured when they were teenagers, however, because Miyagi fell in love with Yukie, a young woman from one of the poorest families in the village. Breaking family tradition, his father also taught karate to Sato (as Karate was traditionally only passed down from father to son). In addition, he learned karate and fishing from his father Miyagi Chōjun, a fisherman. He had a job working for his best friend Sato's father, who was the richest man in the village. Miyagi was born on June 9, 1925, in Tomi Village Okinawa, Japan. Once back in Okinawa, he developed the style of Karate specific to the Miyagi family. He returned to Okinawa many years later with a wife, children, and the art of Karate. ![]() Miyagi's ancestor was Shimpo Miyagi, who in 1625 accidentally landed in China. ![]() ![]() He is called Keisuke Miyagi at the start of The Next Karate Kid. As written in Japanese characters in The Karate Kid Part II, his name is 宮城成義 ( Miyagi Nariyoshi), which translates as Nariyoshi Miyagi, which is also seen on his gravestone in Cobra Kai (season 1), Episode 5. In The Karate Kid, the name Hideo Miyagi, which translates to "hero" Miyagi and is the real given name of Pat Morita's brother, can be seen stamped in reverse on his World War II dog tags, being used as a keychain for the car he gives Daniel as a birthday present. Miyagi's given name is inconsistent in the series. Although he died in 2011, Miyagi is frequently referenced in the series Cobra Kai (2018–present), which is itself thematically structured via The Miyagi-Verse (characters who knew Mr. He is a karate master (portrayed by Pat Morita) who mentors Daniel LaRusso and Julie Pierce. Miyagi (J– November 15, 2011) is a fictional character in the original films (1984-1994) of the Karate Kid franchise. European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal ![]()
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