History Characters / TheKarateKidMiyagiDoAndAssociates

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Back in Okinawa, he was in a LoveTriangle with his best friend and a young girl he loved, which he dealt with by leaving for America, causing the girl (who loved him) to remain a spinster for the rest of his life and his best friend to harbor a murderous grudge against him for most of his life. To make matters worse, he had moved to America shortly before the outbreak of World War II, so he and his newly-pregnant Japanese-American wife were thrown in an interment camp. As the Japanese were invading Okinawa Miyagi volunteered for the United States Army and won both the Purple Heart and Medal of Honor, but the experience of fighting and killing people traumatized him and to make matters worse, he learnt that his wife and child died during complications in childbirth, and medical help that may have saved her never came because of the anti-Japanese racism in the camp. Oh, and his father back in Okinawa died lonely and miserable because Miyagi never visited enough and stayed away, while his former best friend devolved into a CorruptCorporateExecutive who is bullying the local population.

* HeroicSacrifice: While it doesn't end up happening in the second film, Miyagi agrees to fight Sato to ensure the survival of the village, knowing it could lead to his death when he could easily abandon these people and return to america without being any worse off for it. Downplayed, however, since it's implied that Miyagi is even better than Sato, and simply left Okinawa because he didn't want to kill his best friend.

* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Definitely. Sure, like all humans he has his flaws, but he's willing to admit them and goes as far as to atone for his actions throughout ''Film/TheKarateKidPartII.'' Overall, he's a wise mentor and the perfect father figure to Daniel [=LaRusso=] and Julie Pierce. It really shows when he doesn't take too much pride in his craft, unlike [=LaRusso=] throughout the majority of ''Series/CobraKai.''

* MyGreatestFailure: It turns that he has a few in the first sequel: he left the girl of his dreams behind to go join the war, he didn't visit his father enough before he died, and he left his best friend on bad terms. Also serves as a NicejobBreakingItHero as he realizes the depth of his screw up.

* TheAtoner: Implied in ''Series/CobraKai'' with his helping Chozen to turn over a new leaf since he was the one that lead his nephew down a dark path in the first place.
* BigBad: Of the second movie as his desire to fight Miyagi to the death for dishonoring him drive him to antagonize not only Daniel and Miyagi but also Tomi Village as a whole. [[spoiler: After his HeelFaceTurn, Chozen takes this spot from him.]]

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: John Kreese was a mostly disconnected antagonist who let his students do all the job of directly antagonizing Daniel and Miyagi, he also shows no honor whatsoever and is shown to be very racist towards foreigners. Sato is a far more active antagonist, directly and outwardly antagonizing not only Daniel through Chozen, but also antagonizing Miyagi directly and personally, as well as Yukie and the other Tomi Village villagers; however he's also shown to have a legitimate sense of honor even towards his enemies, letting Miyagi mourn his father and honoring Chozen and Daniel's bet despite losing money in it. [[spoiler:Unlike Kreese, he sees the errors of his ways and reforms; and would eventually help Chozen reform as well.]]
* CoolUncle: [[spoiler:When Sato finally gets his act together, he helped Chozen rebuild himself into a better person since it was his influence that lead his nephew in the dark path in the first place.]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He's a wealthy industrialist whose supertrawlers have greatly depleted the local fish population, forcing the former fishing village to scrape by via small farming. He also owns all the land in the village and forces its residents to rent from him. [[spoiler:He drops this aspect after his HeelFaceTurn with ''Series/CobraKai'' outright stating that when Tomi Village fell on hard times, Sato took it upon himself to help them all avoid falling into poverty by modernizing Tomi Village and giving the people stable jobs, money and livelihoods.]]

* DuelToTheDeath: Tries to force Miyagi into one of these, intending on getting back at his former friend for disgracing him
* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler:Miyagi holds no grudge against him despite the fact he actively planned to murder him and severely antagonized him, though the fact that Miyagi lived through World War II and took a path of peace and forgiveness might have been the cause of it, as is the fact that Sato outright cooperates with the people of Tomi Village after the storm.]]

** Despite being a real bastard [[spoiler:at first]], it's shown that Sato does possess a sense of honor by giving Miyagi time to mourn his father's death before their DuelToTheDeath and honoring the bet that Daniel could break more ice blocks than Chozen. [[spoiler:He proves that his HeelFaceTurn after Miyagi saves his life is real by saving an unconscious Daniel who had just saved Yuna, a little bell-ringer girl, from dying in the storm]].

* EvilCounterpart: To Miyagi. He's a tournament and flash loving CorruptCorporateExecutive who is also mildly racist towards outsiders. [[spoiler:After his HeelFaceTurn he instead begins taking more on Miyagi's positive qualities instead and even helps Chozen redeem himself and become a better person by the time of ''Series/CobraKai''.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After Miyagi saves his life while proving that Sato was never his equal in skill which humbles him down from his previous actions and prompts him to help the villagers rebuild Tomi Village]].
* HonorBeforeReason: Sato's FatalFlaw. He is obsessed with his honor, but also has a very warped and old-fashioned view of what honor is. His belief in honor has its virtues, as despite his hatred for Miyagi, his honor compels him to pay Daniel when he wins the ice breaking bet and allow Miyagi three days to mourn his father, their shared sensei, out of respect. He also despised Kim Sun-Yung specifically because his style of fighting promoted "no honor and no mercy." However, he fumes for 30 years against Miyagi for declaring his love for Sato's [[ArrangedMarriage arranged wife]], perceiving this as a grave insult, and still fully intends on killing Miyagi when he returns while Miyagi himself has long since moved on with his life. He then denounces Miyagi as a coward for refusing to fight him to the death, failing to understand how refusing to fight can be an honorable act and not realizing that Miyagi doesn't want to fight him because Miyagi knows he is the superior fighter and doesn't want to kill his best friend. [[spoiler:He grows out of this after seeing Miyagi save his life and outright risks himself to save Daniel's life, proving that he has let go of his hate.]]

* MurderTheHypotenuse: His plan with Mister Miyagi when they were teenagers. Miyagi left Japan instead, only to find Yukie ''still'' didn't want to marry him.
* NobleDemon: Merciless as he was, Sato respects anyone that demonstrate true honor and integrity.

** ''Series/CobraKai'' reveals that [[spoiler:Sato saved his nephew from crossing the DespairEventHorizon following his defeat by Daniel in ''Part II'', and helped set Chozen on the path to becoming a good and honorable man. He also kept training Chozen to the point where his nephew proves to be completely out of Daniel's league by the time of their rematch, even in a friendly sparring session]]

* OldMaster: Is the head of Okinawa's largest karate dojo and was personally trained by Mr. Miyagi's own father making him one of the most skilled fighters in the franchise. He's still no match for Miyagi, however.]]
* PetTheDog: After Mr. Miyagi's father dies, he gives him three days to mourn before their big fight. Another is that even though he felt embarrassed by Chozen losing the bet with the ice blocks, he nonetheless honors the bet and tells his newphew off for embarrassing him.

* ChristmasCake: [[InvokedTrope By her own decision]], since she chose to remain a spinster than becoming a prize wife to Sato.

* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Definitely. Sure, like all humans he has his flaws, but he's willing to admit them and goes as far as to atone for his actions throughout ''Film/TheKarateKidPartII.'' Overall, he's a wise mentor and the perfect father figure to Daniel [=LaRusso=] and Julie Pierce. It really shows when he doesn't take too much pride in his craft.

* GreaterScopeParagon: For ''Cobra Kai''. He's long dead by the time the show starts, but Daniel still holds him and his lessons in high regard even well into adulthood, and tries to impart the same lessons to the next generation.

* {{Foil}}: To Johnny in some ways. Both him and Johnny develop [[HateAtFirstSight an intense dislike]] for [[TheHero Daniel]] but they show it in complete opposite ways: Johnny bullies Daniel despite Daniel not even doing anything (except hitting on Ali), which quickly devolves into a fight, Chozen actually pretends to be [[FauxAffablyEvil quite civil and nice]] and subjects Daniel to a CrushingHandshake to subtly assert his dominance over him. Johnny and his friends keep on physically bullying Daniel while Chozen keeps on verbally insulting Daniel and doesn’t resort to violence until Daniel, from Chozen's point of view, [[HonourRelatedAbuse insults his honour]]. On the flip side, Johnny is explicitly ordered by Kreese to leave Daniel alone till the tournament, whereas Chozen keeps on getting more and more physical with his bullying in the second act. While Johnny is a bully, he is horrified when his EvilMentor tells him to [[OrderedToCheat sweep the leg]] and when Daniel wins, he [[GracefulLoser congratulates him]]. Chozen, on the other hand, decides to fight Daniel to the death, even when his mentor tells him to stop, and chooses to die when Daniel bests him. Johnny’s mentor was Kreese, because of whom Johnny never found peace and [[NeverMyFault saw Daniel as the root of all his problems]], while Sato gave Chozen another chance to prove himself, ultimately allowing him to find peace and [[TheAtoner redeem himself for all his youthful misdeeds]]. Doubles as ContrastingSequelAntagonist.

One of the former Cobra Kai students, he joined Miyagi-do with Chris and the others.

* BashBrother: Him and Bert after becoming friends.

'''Nathaniel:''' If you died, I wouldn't even attend your funeral.

* NiceMeanAndInbetween: Of Daniels three Karate rivals, he's the Mean to Mike's Nice and Johnny's Inbetween as throughout Season 5 he's frequently shown to be ReformedButNotTamed. [[ZigZaggedTrope Zigzagged]], however as Mike himself has his ReformedButNotTamed moments, especially when he fought Chozen and in the season finale, Chozen comes across as more of a NiceGuy when compared to Barnes.

* ShamelessFanserviceGuy: In ''Part II'', when Kumiko throws dirt at his fancy shirt, he simply rips it off throws it at her feet with a SlasherSmile and [[ShirtlessScene leaves without a shirt, laughing, with his friends]]. [[MrFanservice Not that he needs it]]. Decades later, even as an older man, he goes SkinnyDipping and stands [[NakedFirstImpression stark naked in front of Amanda]] showing off his muscular physique. His reaction is to just politely greet her.

* SternTeacher: Even after turning over a new leaf, Chozen takes his training of students very seriously. In addition to his training being as tough as Johnny's or Silver's, Chozen will not mince words on how he thinks a student is performing (esp. if they're lacking). Nevertheless, his harsh assessments are meant to make students really contemplate on what they're doing wrong and he expresses beaming pride if they do manage to figure it out.

* TrainingFromHell: Chozen's style of training is just as intense as Johnny's...

* TricksterMentor: ...but encourages the students to think just as abstractly as they would with Daniel's training.

* StoneWall: In many ways a SpearCounterpart to Aisha, Chris is overall a defensive fighter, preferring to block and evade attacks before finishing the fight in one decisive move.

* MadeOfIron: Even after Hawk breaks a vase over his head during the home invasion, he's able to get up to try and help Sam. After getting beat down by Tory, he gets back up again. At the end of the episode/season in the group shot without any signs of damage or even lingering animosity towards Hawk.

* HiddenDepths: Despite being a background extra, the fact that he's able to give ''Hawk'' serious competition in the house fight, get back up, try and stop Tory, then get back up after that says a lot.
* MadeOfIron: Even after Hawk breaks a vase over his head during the home invasion, he's able to get up to try and help Sam. At the end of the episode/season in the group shot without any signs of damage or even lingering animosity towards Hawk.

* VitriolicBestBuds: He and Bert are in this territory by Season 4. They insult each other as much as they did when they were enemies, but it's clearly more light-hearted and they're pretty much inseparable.

* WorldsBestWarrior: Chozen has spent his life not only trying to atone for his mistakes but also improving his fighting skills even after Sato died. Thanks to Sato teaching him several techniques that Miyagi never taught to Daniel, Chozen managed to surpass his former nemesis, whom he defeats easily when they fight again. With Miyagi and Sato dead, Chozen is the best fighter in the whole series, with not even Johnny or Kreese being on his level. Even while in a drunken state, Chozen is capable of having an even match with a sober Terry Silver.

* OldMaster: Is the head of Okinawa's largest karate dojo and was personally trained by Mr. Miyagi's own father making him one of the most skilled fighters in the franchise. [[spoiler:He's still no match for Miyagi at all, however.]]

* GoodIsNotSoft: Mr. Miyagi is a kind, nice man that genuinely loves Daniel like a son, but mess with his protégé and he will show you exactly how tough he is. The Cobra Kai students leaned that the hard way in the first film, Chozen learned it the hard way in the second one, and Sensei Kreese, Mike Barnes, and Terry Silver learned it the hard way in the third one.
* GoodWearsWhite: Mr. Miyagi, undisputedly the BigGood of the franchise, is mostly wearing off-white and light khakis.

* GoodIsNotSoft: Even after his HeelFaceTurn, he can be very intense when it comes to defending Miyagi-do's honor. When he takes over teaching duties for the dojo one day, the students note that his lessons are more like Johnny's than Daniel's.

* GoodIsDumb: He tends to be the most clueless of the Miyagi-Dos, such as not knowing what a fulcrum is despite being in high school.

* PaintedOnPants: Julie is fond of wearing leggins.
* PutOnABus: Her activities after the events of ''Film/TheNextKarateKid'' are unknown outside of her continuing to implement Mr. Miyagi's teachings into her life.

* SourOutsideSadInside: It's suggested that the reason behind her bitterness is because of her parents' deaths, as well as her grandmother treating her as if she were the latter's daughter-in-law (who was Julie's now deceased mother) and being harassed at school by a jerk with power (Ned) of whom she has repeatedly rejected his advances.

* TricksterMentor: ... but encourages the students to think just as abstractly as they would with Daniel's training.

* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: To combat the influence Silver's Cobra Kai has over the Valley, Chozen proposes to Daniel that they use Cobra Kai's teachings against him.
-->'''Chozen:''' To catch serpent, you must think like serpent. We will use his style against him.
** In general, the philosophy of Miyagi-Do is about exploiting the weaknesses in an enemy's attack.

* TookALevelInBadass: Goes without saying since it’s a martial art founded on teaching defense in Riker of war and crafted by [[WorldsGrratestWarrior Miyagi]] so that anyone who learns it becomes a more formidable version of themselves.
* Across the board for Chris, Demetri, and Nathaniel. [[spoiler:In Season 2's final brawl, all three of them manage to outfight their Cobra Kai counterparts -- Mitch, Hawk, and Bert, respectively.]]
* even more do for all of them when they truly merge with Eagle Fang and learn to blend both styles and work as a team. The Miyagi Fangs are able to take on the Cobra Kais in the climax of Season 5 when they have more Thena twice their numbers.

* CurbStompBattle: Basically every fights he gets in ends with him effortlessly disposing of his foes:
** In the first movie he saves Daniel from Johnny and his Cobra Kai buddies despite being outnumbered five to one. He makes short work of every of them, even when attacked by two Cobra Kai students simultaneously. Even Johnny is quickly overwhelmed and beaten unconscious without landing a single hit on Miyagi.

* TheAce: A decorated war veteran--a recipient of the Medal of Honor--as well a powerful martial arts master. Mr. Miyagi is also a humble and peaceful man who possesses several talents, as well the wealth and ability to get along with almost everybody. He is also a good role model for Daniel and Julie, his students who eventually come to see him as a paternal figure. Even to this day, he remains the best fighter Miyagi-Do has ever produced with no one even approaching his level. Best shown with how Mr. Miyagi was able to effortlessly defeat Kreese while the latter was in his prime, but Daniel barely gets the upper hand against a Kreese who is well into his 70's.

* CurbStompBattle: Basically every fights he gets in, usually ends with him effortlessly disposing of his foes:
** In the first movie he saves Daniel from Johnny and his Cobra Kai buddies by beating them all. He makes short work of every of them, even when attacked by two Cobra Kai students at the same time. Johnny is quickly overwhelmed and driven off without putting up a significant fight.
** In the second film, he saves Johnny from his abusive master John Kreese, who attempted to choke him out of spite for losing the All Valley tournament. Rather than fight him, Miyagi just dodges Kreese's attacks and lets him break his own hands by punching through the windows of two cars before submitting the abusive sensei. Later on he takes on Chozen and his friends when they attack his house and Daniel, beating them one-by-one quickly before taking on Chozen himself. Chozen manages to hit him with a spear, but only because Miyagi was making sure Daniel was ok and had his back turned, the old master easily incapacities Chozen despite being unarmed.
** Though ultimately he doesn't fight Sato, it's implied Miyagi was the superior fighter since he broke a tree in two in order to save his old friend when a storm attacked Okinawa.
** When Mike Barnes and his goons attack Daniel and his house in the third film, Miyagi shows up and makes them retreat immediately. Then he follows Daniel to the Cobra Kai dojo just to find Mike, Kreese and Terry Silver tormenting Daniel. He knocks out Barnes by throwing him against a wall, outclasses Kreese in a direct fight and humiliates Silver without breaking a sweet. ALL under 1 minute.

* WidowWoman: Her late husband was Mr. Miyagi's very first student.

* HonorBeforeReason: Fumes for 30 years against Miyagi's insult to him.
** Subverted because despite his hatred for Miyagi, he honors the ice blocks bet and was genuinely impressed when watching Daniel prepare to break the board. [[spoiler: Also, he's willing to let go of his hatred after seeing Miyagi save his life and outright risks himself to save Daniel's life.]]

* EccentricMentor: Miyagi's ElectiveBrokenLanguage, silly jokes, tendency to speak in {{Ice Cream Koan}}s and [[WaxOnWaxOff unorthodox training methods]] overall make him seem like an [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} odd]] old man and not the kind of person you would expect to be a badass karate sensei, but there's no questioning his outstaning fighting capabilities or that he is a terrific mentor to Daniel.

* EccentricMentor: Miyagi's ElectiveBrokenLanguage, silly jokes, tendency to speak in {{Ice Cream Koan}}s and [[WaxOnWaxOff unorthodox training methods]] overall make him seem like an [[{{Cloudcuckoolander odd}}]] old man and not the kind of person you would expect to be a badass karate sensei, but there's no questioning his outstaning fighting capabilities or that he is a terrific mentor to Daniel.

* EccentricMentor: A fan of rebuilding old cars who acts as a maintenance man on his property yet is apparently quite wealthy.

* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Mr. Miyagi. Sure, like all humans he has his flaws, but he's willing to admit them and goes as far as to atone for his actions throughout ''Film/TheKarateKidPartII.'' But overall, he's a wise mentor and the perfect father figure to Daniel [=LaRusso=] and Julie Pierce. It really shows when he doesn't take too much pride in his craft.

[[Characters/TheKarateKidDanielLaRusso Daniel [=LaRusso=]]] | [[Characters/TheKarateKidJohnnyLawrence Johnny Lawrence]] | [[Characters/TheKarateKidJohnKreese John Kreese]] | [[Characters/TheKarateKidTerrySilver Terry Silver]] | [[Characters/TheKarateKidMiguelDiaz Miguel Diaz]] | [[Characters/TheKarateKidRobbyKeene Robby Keene]] | [[Characters/TheKarateKidSamanthaLaRusso Samantha LaRusso]] | [[Characters/TheKarateKidEliMoskowitz Eli "Hawk" Moskowitz]] | [[Characters/TheKarateKidToryNichols Tory Nichols]] | [[Characters/TheKarateKidDemetriAlexopoulos Demetri Alexopoulos]]\\

'''Chozen:''' Hai, Daniel-san. I can do that. ''[pulls out a pair of sais]]''\\