What is Mr. Miyagi?
'''Nariyoshi Keisuke Miyagi''', also known as '''Mr. Miyagi''', is a [[fictional character]] played by [[Pat Morita]]. Mr. Miyagi is the [[karate]] [[teacher]] from the [[movie]]s ''[[The Karate Kid]]'', ''[[The Karate Kid Part II]]'', ''[[The Karate Kid Part III]]'' and ''[[The Next Karate Kid]]''. He’s also in [[flashback]]s in the [[television show]] ''[[Cobra Kai]]''. ==Backstory== Mr. Miyagi was born in [[Okinawa]] and was taught [[karate]] by his [[father]] a [[fisherman]] and used it to defend himself . Mr. Miyagi fell in [[love]] with a [[woman]] named Yukie who had an [[arranged marriage]] to Miyagi’s [[friend]] Sato so Sato asked for a [[fight]] to the [[death]]. Instead of [[fighting]] Sato, Mr. Miyagi left [[Japan]] and went to the [[United States of America]] and married a [[Japanese American]] [[woman]]. Mr. Miyagi fought against the [[Japanese Empire]] in the [[Second World War]] and while he was doing that his [[wife]] Mrs. Miyagi, gave [[birth]] to a [[son]] inside an [[internment camp]] and got [[sick]] and they didn’t send any [[doctor]] to her so she and the son both died. Mr. Miyagi still won a [[medal]] of [[honour]] for being a [[war]] [[hero]]. ==Role in The Karate Kid== In the [[movie]] ''[[The Karate Kid]]'', Mr. Miyagi teaches [[Daniel LaRusso]] [[karate]] and teaches him that the reason to learn [[martial arts]] isn’t so that he will be [[good]] at [[fighting]] but so that he won’t have to fight. ==Role in the Karate Kid 2== In ''[[The Karate Kid Part II]]'', Mr. Miyagi goes back to [[Okinawa]] after he finds out his [[father]] is [[dying]] and brings [[Daniel LaRusso]] with him. Mr. Miyagi’s father dies and Mr. Miyagi’s old [[friend]] Sato still wants to [[kill]] him but after Mr. Miyagi saves him from a [[hurricane]], Sato gives up on [[revenge]]. Mr. Miyagi also warns [[Daniel LaRusso]] before Daniel [[fight]]s Chozen to the [[death]] that “this not [[tournament]], this real.” ==Role in the Karate Kid 3== In ''[[The Karate Kid Part III]]'', Daniel wants to [[fight]] in the [[k