History Trivia / TheKarateKidPartII

* DawsonCasting: Chozen is implied to be around the same age as Daniel. Yuji Okumoto is actually older than the already [[OlderThanTheyLook teenage looking]] Creator/RalphMacchio. In fact, Okumoto is the oldest actor to play Daniel's rivals (both William Zabka and Sean Kanan are younger than Macchio). This makes him older than Thomas Ian Griffith as well, who plays a man at least decades older than both in the [[Film/TheKarateKidPartIII sequel]] and ''Series/CobraKai''.

* DisownedAdaptation: Creator/RalphMacchio revealed in a later interview that Creator/ElisabethShue wasn't pleased with the film making Ali cheat on Daniel just to write her character off. ''Series/CobraKai'' remedied this by stating Daniel overreacted.

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: A popular rumor is that the opening scene was the original filmed ending for the first film and it was cut for pacing reasons. The truth is it was only ''scripted'' for the first one and wasn't shot until production for this film.

** Tamlyn Tomita, like Kumiko, was born in Okinawa.
** Danny Kamekona was from Hawaii, where the movie was filmed.
* CaliforniaDoubling: Although set in Okinawa, the film was actually shot in Oahu, Hawaii. The island was chosen because of its similar climate to Japan, its large Okinawan population and the convenience of shooting on US soil... and [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome because military bases like the one built right next to Tomi Village had drastically changed the local countryside of then-contemporary Okinawa]].

** One of the early ideas for the film revolved around Kreese trying to get revenge against Daniel and Miyagi for defeating and humiliating him in the first film, but the idea was shelved in favor of a story that would allow Miyagi's backstory to be expanded upon. The plot involving Kreese's revenge would later be used for ''Film/TheKarateKidPartIII'''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Some scenes cut from the original script include a scene introducing a mysterious character named Webster Miyagi who waits for Miyagi outside the tournament building, to whom Miyagi reacts in an uncomfortable manner, and also a scene of Daniel and Ali breaking up because of Ali leaving for Europe for the summer.

* CaliforniaDoubling: Although set in Okinawa, the film was actually shot in Oahu, Hawaii. The island was chosen because of its similar climate to Japan, its large Okinawan population and the convenience of shooting on US soil... and [[RealityEnsues because military bases like the one built right next to Tomi Village had drastically changed the local countryside of then-contemporary Okinawa]].

* CaliforniaDoubling: Although set in Okinawa, the film was actually shot in Oahu, Hawaii. The island was chosen because of its similar climate to Japan, its large Okinawan population and the convenience of shooting on US soil.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Some scenes cut from the original script include a scene introducing a mysterious character named Webster Miyagi who waits for Miyagi outside the tournament building, to whom Miyagi reacts in an uncomfortable manner, and also a scene of Daniel and Ali breaking up because of Ali leaving for Europe for the summer.
* WrittenInAbsence: Elisabeth Shue was unable to reprise her role, as she was studying at Harvard, so it's explained that Daniel and Ali broke up.
** The actress who played Daniel's mother asked for too much money to be in Part II, so her character was written as having taken a job in Fresno.

* WrittenInAbsence: Elisabeth Shue was unable to reprise her role, as she was studying at Harvard, so it's explained that Daniel and Ali broke up.

* WrittenInAbsence: Elisabeth Shue was unable to reprise her role, as she was studying at Harvard, so it's explained that Johnny and Ali broke up.