‘Cobra Kai’: Alicia Hannah-Kim To Star As South Korean Sensei In Season 5; Dallas Dupree Young Upgraded To Series Regular
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: has cast Alicia Hannah-Kim for Season 5 of the hit Netflix series as the formidable South Korean sensei Kim Da-Eun who factors into Terry Silver’s (Thomas Ian Griffith) plans for accelerating Cobra Kai’s expansion.
Dallas Dupree Young, who joined the show last season as Kenny Payne, has been upgraded to a series regular.Working with Silver can only mean one thing: Kim is fighting for the dark side.
After getting John Creese (Martin Kove) out of the way and rigging the results of the All Valley Tournament in Season 4, Silver will stop at nothing to win.Miyagi-Do dojo may be out for the count but Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) has enlisted the help of his former nemesis Chozen (Yuji Okumoto) to take down Silver and bring back civility and safety to the kids of the Valley.
As the OG Karate Kid, there’s no doubt he will give Silver a run for his money.Season 5 premieres globally on September 9. Seasons 1-4 are currently available to stream via Netflix.Cobra Kai is written and executive produced by Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg via their production company, Counterbalance Entertainment.
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