Netflix dropped Cobra Kai‘s season five teaser trailer on night seven of their Netflix Is A Joke: The Festival which featured special appearances by cast members including Ralph Macchio and William Zabka. The nearly two-minute trailer finds Johnny teaming up with Robby to find a missing Miguel while Terry Silver appears to have plans to take over the valley with the launch of multiple Cobra Kai training facilities. However, Daniel LaRusso isn’t about to roll over and play dead.
“There’s only one way to end this. We have to cut the head off the snake,” says LaRusso.
The trailer release was accompanied by the announcement Cobra Kai season five will launch on September 9, 2022.
Ralph Macchio returns as Daniel LaRusso and William Zabka is back as Johnny Lawrence. The season five cast also includes Courtney Henggeler as Amanda LaRusso, Xolo Maridueña as Miguel Diaz, Tanner Buchanan as Robby Keene, Mary Mouser as Samantha LaRusso, and Jacob Bertrand as Hawk.
The cast also includes Gianni Decenzo as Demetri, Vanessa Rubio as Carmen, Peyton List as Tory, Martin Kove as John Kreese, Dallas Dupree Young as Kenny, Oona O’Brien as Devon, Griffin Santopietro as Anthony, and Thomas Ian Griffith as Terry Silver.
Counterbalance Entertainment’s Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg write and executive produce. Additional executive producers include Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Susan Ekins, and Westbrook Entertainment’s Will Smith, James Lassiter, and Caleeb Pinkett.
Netflix released the following description of the upcoming season:
Following the shocking results of the All Valley Tournament, season five finds Terry Silver expanding the Cobra Kai empire and trying to make his “No Mercy” style of karate the only game in town. With Kreese behind bars and Johnny Lawrence setting karate aside to focus on repairing the damage he’s caused, Daniel LaRusso must call on an old friend for help.
