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Kumiko is a fictional character portrayed by Tamlyn Tomita in the film The Karate Kid Part II (1986), and in the third season of the sequel series Cobra Kai (2021). Overview Kumiko grew up in Tomi Village, in Okinawa Prefecture and was childhood friends with Chozen Toguchi. As a teenager, she lived with her Aunt Yukie and was a dance teacher for the young girls in the village. She had ambitions of being a professional dancer, but due to the lack of dance schools in the region & her reluctance to leave her home, she feels incapable of realizing that dream. After she falls in love with Daniel LaRusso, she develops a difficult relationship with Chozen. However, after Daniel defeats Chozen and he becomes suicidal, Kumiko (along with Sato) help Chozen to find purpose in life again. She eventually joins the Hijikata Tatsumi Dance Company, and travels the world, only to return home to care for Aunt Yukie when she becomes sick. After Aunt Yukie passes away, Kumiko inherits her home, settles back in Okinawa, and becomes a dance teacher for children. While she had many marriage proposals, she never married or had children. Young Kumiko In 1985, Kumiko and her Aunt Yukie reside in Tomi Village in Okinawa Prefecture. She is first introduced to the audience when she welcomes Mr. Miyagi and Daniel LaRusso (who accompanies Miyagi) to her home upon their arrival to the village. This marked Miyagi's return to Okinawa for the first time in 45 years after learning that his father is dying from a letter delivered by Yukie, who has tended to his father's care during his final days. Her aunt was a love interest of Miyagi during their youth despite being arranged for marriage to Sato, a member of a wealthy family that grew up to be a rich industrialist and the village's landlord. The fallout from Sato's disgrace and his need to redeem his lost honor brought about a 45-year rivalry that rekindled upon Miyagi's return, yielding ripple effects on the village's livelihood at large, and specifically through Sato's nephew, Chozen Toguchi, who targets Daniel directly and Kumiko indirectly through escalating acts of harassment in defense of his family's honor. While Miyagi is providing a tour of Tomi Village to Daniel, Kumiko is seen teaching young girls how to perform the O-bon dance, which is a Japanese way of honoring the dead, as part of a regular after-school dance program that she runs. Daniel and Kumiko begin to spend time together. Kumiko teaches Daniel some o-bon dance moves one evening which elicits mockery from an onlooking Chozen Toguchi who compares it to geisha dancing. After beating Daniel for dishonoring him after he was exposed for cheating the villagers during his sharecropping collection, Kumiko tosses a tomato at Chozen's back as he walks away. This prompts Chozen to take off his stained shirt and toss it in front of Kumiko, lewdly uttering, "You keep for your collection! I know you like it!" As Kumiko and Daniel walk home after the assault, she tells him that Chozen has always been as abrasive and bereft of any sense of honor since they were kids. Upon arriving home, both see Yukie and Miyagi in the midst of a tea ceremony from afar which Kumiko explains to Daniel "means that they are falling in love again". The following day, Kumiko shows Daniel around Naha city. While in the city, both view a TV screen from an electronics store window with a video of a ballerina dancing. Kumiko uses the video to express to Daniel her dream of becoming a dancer and travelling the world, although there are no dance schools where she lives. Later that evening, the two attend a 50's dance party. After sharing a dance to "Rock Around the Clock", Daniel asks Kumiko if she is arranged to marry anyone like her aunt Yukie was, but Kumiko informs him that it is an old custom and that she is free to marry anyone. In turn, Kumiko asks if Daniel is arranged for marriage, to which Daniel responds that he is a "free agent", meaning he is available. Daniel than holds her hand, indicating his romantic interest towards her, but Chozen arrives and wants his money back. He punches Daniel while one of Chozen’s goons holds Kumiko, but Daniel beats him and takes his money back, then punches one of Chozen's goons as he escapes with Kumiko. Back in Tomi Village, the feud between Miyagi and Sato escalates to the point of Daniel getting assaulted by Chozen and his men, prompting Miyagi to cut his visit short and make plans to leave Okinawa with Daniel the next day. A saddened Kumiko is seen dropping grains of rice into the shores of water as an offering to the gods in exchange for Daniel's quick return to the village, in adherence to an old custom of families doing this for their family members fishing overseas. In response, Daniel probes Kumiko about her dance school dream, trying to convince her to come back to the United States with him to pursue it. Kumiko expresses her reticence about leaving her home, which Daniel counters by saying "home is where you hang your hat". When Kumiko asks if she'd love it there and if America would love her back, Daniel responds, "Well, I know one part of it does". Later that evening, she and Daniel express their true feelings to one another by performing the same tea ceremony they witnessed performed between Yukie and Miyagi. The ceremony ends with a kiss, showing that the two are falling in love with each other. The tea ceremony is abruptly stopped when a typhoon strikes the village. Everyone is forced to take cover but Sato is trapped when his shrine is leveled by the storm. Miyagi and Daniel rush to rescue him. After carrying Sato to safety, Daniel successfully rescues a little girl, who had been stranded on top of a bell tower. Sato orders Chozen to help, but when he refuses, Sato rushes to assist Daniel himself. He then disowns his nephew for refusing to assist, and an enraged Chozen runs off into the storm in disgrace. The next morning, as the villagers are rebuilding, Sato returns with his bulldozers to help rebuild the village. Sato hands over the land title to the village and asks for Miyagi's forgiveness, which he accepts. Daniel and Kumiko approach Sato about hosting the upcoming O-bon festival in a ceremonial castle, to which he agrees and invites Daniel to join in the celebration. While Kumiko is performing a dance at the festival, a vengeful Chozen ziplines into the presentation, takes Kumiko hostage, and demands to fight Daniel to the death. Daniel accepts, and Kumiko makes an effort to intervene by choking Chozen with a piece of cloth before being knocked out by him. Daniel wins the fight, and he and Kumiko romantically embrace as the crowd cheers. Daniel states in the beginning of The Karate Kid Part III that Kumiko was offered a dancing career in Tokyo that she could not refuse, much to Daniel and his mother's disappointment. Adult Kumiko Season 3 Episode 4 In 2018, after learning that his business rival Tom Cole has convinced Doyona Industries to cut th.... Discover the Kumiko Love popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Kumiko Love books.