Big Red is a minor antagonist in Cobra Kai. He is a Cobra Kai student and a friend of Hawk before the latter betrayed Cobra Kai to join the opposing dojo. He is also Little Red's older brother as well, in which he is also with Miyagi-Do, causing a sibling rivalry to drive between them until they reconcile after Big Red quits Cobra Kai following Terry Silver's defeat.
He is portrayed by Christopher Ryan Lewis.
Biography[]
Season 2[]
After watching Miguel win in the All Valley Karate Tournament, he is one of the new recruits who chooses to join Cobra Kai alongside his brother, Little Red. After learning about Kreese's teachings, Little Red and a few other students stayed while he continued to remain with Cobra Kai. He participates in the regular activities of the dojo, mostly in training sessions, fights, along with partying with his friends. During the West Valley school brawl, he fought his own younger brother until the fighting ended when Miguel Diaz fell off the balcony and broke his back. The Cobra Kais then betray Johnny and side with Kreese, pinning the blame on him for the incident.
Season 3[]
Following the aftermath of the fight, Big Red continued his membership in the dojo. He was one of the few students laughing and making fun of Demetri when Hawk destroys his science projects through the use of a soccer ball. He later participates in a soccer game during PE class, though despite some clashes, he and the Cobra Kais get off scot-free and don't get into trouble.
Later that month, when the Miyagi-Do's and the Cobra Kai's get into a fight at the local arcade, Big Red was one of the few students to arrive late, accompanying Edwin and Tory Nichols, who had just been released off probation. As Tory tries to call Sam to show herself, this results the Cobra Kai's winning due to the latter refusing to not fight, as well as pressuring Hawk to break Demetri's arm, showing "No Mercy". When new recruits join Cobra Kai, Big Red witnesses Hawk brutally beat up one of his former bullies, Brucks. With his new allies, they even bully Mitch for losing to an untrained Kyler. Although Johnny pressures him along with the other students to join his new dojo, Eagle Fang Karate, he chose to remain with Cobra Kai.
Season 4[]
Big Red continued to train at Cobra Kai with his fellow teammates Tory Nichols, Kyler Park, Robby Keene, and newcomer Kenny Payne as the All Valley Tournament was approaching. At one point, he and his fellow Cobra Kai's watched Bloodsport at the drive-in theater. He and the rest of the Cobra's got into a standoff with Miyagi-Do as the movie continued playing. Knowing that they can't fight in public because of the deal their sensei made, Miguel proposes that they meet at the baseball diamond. However, when the Cobra Kai's arrive, they find out that the Miyagi-Do's aren't there, and it turned out that it was a trap; Miguel Diaz secretly turned on the diamond's sprinklers, drenching the Cobra Kai's in humiliation. During the 51st Annual Karate Championships, Big Red was one of the participants, though he may have been taken out by either Miyagi-Do, Eagle Fang, or a different dojo prior to the finals. He later celebrates when Tory defeats Sam in the girls' finals and wins the tournament for Cobra Kai.
Season 5[]
Following the tournament, Big Red continued training in Cobra Kai under Terry Silver's leadership. At one point, at the water-park, he assisted Kyler Park and Kenny Payne into bullying Anthony LaRusso, who was once Kenny's bully, by putting floaties on him and having him fall into the pool. He also demonstrates his abilities during Sekai Taikai tryouts and supported Kenny during the boys match. He was surprised when Miyagi-Do won the girls' fight, and also qualified for the Sekai Taikai with Cobra Kai.
When the Miyagi-Fang's joined a redeemed Tory in breaking into the dojo with hopes of finding incriminating evidence against Terry Silver so Cobra Kai would be exposed for their corruption, Big Red is one of the few students that went to the dojo after being tipped off by Mitch, who had decided to rejoin them after being disrespected by his fellow Miyagi-Fang's for calling him "Penis-Breath". While a majority of the Cobra Kais went off to deal with the Miyagi-Fang's, Big Red stayed outside with a few other students stayed outside to prevent anyone from entering the dojo with the exception of Kim Da-Eun, who was summoned by Silver to go inside the dojo and deal with the mess as they saw its break in through a secret camera. When Daniel, Amanda and a redeemed Stingray arrive at the dojo, he tries to prevent them from entering. However, Stingray easily beats him alongside other Cobra Kais in the front.
After Terry Silver is defeated and the Cobra Kai's finally choose to leave, Big Red is shown to reconcile with his young brother, Little Red, about giving him a ride back home, which he accepts. As his younger brother grumbled about being late for home, he responded that he got his back, thus ending their feud for good.
Season 6[]
After Cobra Kai's shut down, Big Red joins Miyagi-Do. He trains with them for the Sekai Taikai but is unfortunately not chosen to go to Barcelona. Nonetheless, he is still training with the dojo.
Trivia[]
- Although he is mostly silent throughout episodes, he does get his first lines in the fifth season finale, "Head of the Snake".
- During the Tournament in season 4, he wears a name tag that reveals his first name as "Dougie."
