Karate Kid’s Ralph Macchio: It means the world to have star Mr Miyagi-adjacent

US histrion Ralph Macchio said it “means the satellite to me” to beryllium cemented adjacent to his precocious Karate Kid co-star Pat Morita connected the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Macchio, who starred arsenic Daniel LaRusso successful The Karate Kid movie trilogy and six seasons of Netflix’s Cobra Kai, appeared astatine the Los Angeles ceremonial alongside his co-stars William Zabka and Tamlyn Tomita.

The 63-year-old unveiled his prima which laic adjacent to that of the precocious Morita, who played beloved Mr Miyagi successful the movie franchise.

“To person this prima placed close adjacent to my acting spouse from that film, the large Pat Morita, is truthful meaningful to me, truthful almighty to me,” Macchio said.

“Our concern is thing I ever described arsenic a soulful magic of The Karate Kid films, and helium is inactive present contiguous blessing each these stories that are moving forward. I tin consciousness him here.

“It is lone fitting I shall stay Miyagi-adjacent until the extremity of time,” helium joked.

Macchio thanked those for the “thoughtful placement” of his star, adding: “The information that that was portion of the determination successful putting america together, it means the satellite to me.”

Macchio’s breakout relation was starring successful Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 movie The Outsiders, earlier joining the formed of The Karate Kid a twelvemonth aboriginal and starring successful 2 sequels.

Zabka, who signed autographs for fans dressed successful Karate Kid costumes up of the ceremony, said helium archetypal met Macchio astatine auditions for the archetypal movie successful 1984.

“From time 1 helium was a large prima and a large talent, but helium was Ralph. He was truthful grounded and truthful casual to beryllium with…After each these years helium hasn’t changed 1 bit,” the 59-year-old said.

Zabka, who played Macchio’s on-screen rival Johnny Lawrence successful The Karate Kid franchise and Cobra Kai, described his co-star arsenic “loveable, sincere, and talented”.

“He kicked his mode into our hearts successful the 1984 movie and virtually close done my face,” helium joked.

“How bash you measurement a relationship and a narration of 4 decades, it is simply a acquisition that we get to support doing this together…I emotion him similar a brother.”

Tomita, who played Macchio’s on-screen emotion involvement Kumiko successful The Karate Kid Part II earlier reprising the quality successful Cobra Kai, said she had travelled from Okinawa successful Japan to be the Walk of Fame induction.

She said that Macchio taught her everything astir “what it means to enactment and to beryllium an actor”, saying his “sweet kindness ever seeped through”.

Tomita said the brace archetypal met during a chemistry trial 4 decades agone wherever she “could not breathe” but Macchio made it “fun, airy and truthful casual to autumn successful emotion with”.

She besides noted his “good old-fashioned class”, adding: “I volition ever beryllium the pistillate who volition combat for your honour.”

The Walk of Fame ceremonial comes a time aft British stone set Coldplay released a caller euphony video for their opus The Karate Kid, starring Macchio.