Mr. Miyagi was born in Tomi Village, Okinawa, and he practiced karate with his best friend Sato, who were both trained by Mr. Miyagi’s father. However, it was revealed in The Karate Kid Part II ...

As a boy, Mr. Miyagi begged his father to also train his best friend, Sato Toguchi, in the Miyagi family's karate, a break in tradition that would have ramifications in The Karate Kid Part II and ...

A woman opposed to U.S. military presence on Okinawa was convicted in a Japanese court recently on 16 counts related to her ...

Turns out that Miyagi fled Okinawa after stealing his best friend's girlfriend, and the friend (Sato) challenged him to a death match or something. The old girlfriend is still around (caring for ...

Sonomi Sato stands on the former grounds of an elementary school in Miyagi Prefecture and starts reading a letter to her younger sister who was killed by the tsunami there nine years ago.

"The Karate Kid Part II" dives deeper into his past in Okinawa, revealing that Miyagi left Japan for Hawaii after a falling-out with his best friend Sato, the uncle of Chozen (Yuji Okumoto).

The older Miyagi in that dream was a CGI re-animation of the late Morita’s face put onto another body. While it was certainly nice for some fans to see Miyagi again, the whole re-creation of ...