User blog comment:JayHas/Pure Evil Proposal: Chozen Toguchi/@comment-30634893-20200120235938

Having seen the Karate Kid movies more than once, I can say earnestly that Chozen is probably among the most, if not the most evil antagonist in the original film series, considering his and his uncle's ruthless extortion of the Tomi natives and the act that he straight up threatens to slit Kumiko's throat unless Daniel fights him to the death.

...But that doesn't mean he's PE material. Not at all.

First of all, even though he goes pretty far for this series, his acts of villainy ultimately come off as generic (extortion, abusing/trying to kill the heroes, etc doesn't stand out enough). Most of the villains in the series are petty bullies and abusers just like him--and in particular, Mike Barnes from 3 pulled similar extortion schemes and even threatened to kill both Daniel and Jessica just to force the former to join the All-Valley Championship. Considering that, what Chozen did is generic by itself and even more generic compared to the standards of the other villains in the series. And past that, he very clearly cared for his uncle Sato in one way or another, given that he was genuinely distressed when he thought he would be unable to save him during (sure, he left him like a coward, but he was still saddened by the thought of losing him) and was then heartbroken when he was disowned. No matter what way you slice it, Chozen just doesn't go far enough or have enough irredeemable qualities to make the category.

But perhaps those factor would have been clear from the start if the heinous standard and mitigating factors in this proposal were properly filled out (y'know...with the actual heinous standard and mitigating factors).