Armand Zarkarian

Armand Zarkarian
Biographical Information
Name	Armand Zarkarian
Status	Alive
Personal Information
Relatives	Roland Zarkarian (son) Tanya Zarkarian (wife) Erik (nephew) Grigor (nephew)
Friends	John Kreese (formerly) Daniel LaRusso Amanda LaRusso Tom Cole
Enemies	Johnny Lawrence Nestor John Kreese
Love Interest(s)	Tanya Zarkarian (wife)
Series Information
First Appearance	Counterbalance
Last Appearance	King Cobra
Portrayed By	Ken Davitian

"You have more students, you have more money. You have more money, you pay more rent. Yeah?"

―Armand shows his greedy nature towards Johnny Lawrence

Armand Zarkarian is a greedy and possessive Armenian American landlord. Properties that Armand owns include the strip mall where the Cobra Kai dojo is held. He is a crude and mannerless man who, before the events of the series, was kicked out of the Encino Oaks Country Club for urinating in one of their showers. He is an unscrupulous man who is not above using his nephews Erik and Grigor to muscle his clients.

He is a supporting antagonist in Cobra Kai, and is portrayed by Ken Davitian.

Biography

Armand was born in 1953 and raised somewhere in Armenia. It is possible that he came from a poor family when it is mentioned in the fifth episode of Season 1 ,"Counterbalance", "Look Armand, most of these people here, their money comes from mommy and daddy, you and me we earned this. So when it comes to business in the valley, it's in our interest to look out for each other." Daniel LaRusso telling Armand that they both became rich on their own. Armand came to the San Fernando Valley at some point and became a rich landlord. He got married to his wife at some point. The two of them have one son together, Roland. Armand has two nephews, Erik and Grigor.

Cobra Kai

Season 1

In the fifth episode of the show's first season, "Counterbalance", Daniel can be seen talking to Armand at the Encino Oaks Country Club and asks him about buying his Reseda mini-mall. However, Daniel's true intention is to entice him to raise the rent on the dojo, in an attempt to put Johnny out of business in retaliation for the billboard prank.

Season 2

As Cobra Kai becomes more popular, Armand demands more rents from Johnny but Johnny refuses as he sees it as unreasonable. When Johnny Lawrence is away visiting his friends from high school, John Kreese secretly made a deal with him and successfully persuaded him to give him the ownership of the dojo. Armand agrees with Kreese as he does not like Johnny. Giving Kreese the ownership to the dojo causes Johnny to lose control of the Cobra Kai Dojo.

Season 3

Armand makes a deal with Amanda LaRusso to evict Kreese out of the dojo for the danger he is causing to kids and Armand agrees and when he attempts to evict Kreese, he brings his nephews, Erik and Grigor to force him out but Kreese makes a stand and refuses to leave the dojo. A fight later occurs between Kreese, Grigor and Erik which ends in the nephews getting taken down and beaten up by Kreese. He later proceeds to rough up Armand and forces him to call Daniel and Amanda and tell them that the deal they made has been dropped and that students such as Sam, Chris and Demetri should be prepared to take on the wrath of Cobra Kai.

Season 4

Armand did not return in Season 4 and was not mentioned. However, he could be aware of Kreese being arrested for the assault on Stingray, a former member of the dojo (but is possibly unaware of Kreese being framed); the dojo had moved to several new locations, which means that Kreese is no longer his tenant.

Season 5

Armand does not appear and is not mentioned in Season 5, but it is possible he is aware of Cobra Kai's expansion from TV, or what he refers to as "Snake Karate".