There have been multiple teases from the cast and crew of Johnny Lawrence’s dojo, after Miguel (Xolo Maridueña). The roster expanded from there, but Aisha remained an important part of the show through season 2. However, she didn’t make a single appearance in the show’s third season.
It was explained in the Cobra Kai season 3 premiere that Aisha now attends a private school. Though Aisha was certainly someone Johnny would have wanted to recruit when he was building Eagle Fang Karate, Aisha wasn’t mentioned again by any of the characters. For many, that was disappointing, as it would have been interesting to see how Aisha would have reacted to Kreese (Martin Kove) taking over Johnny’s dojo and encouraging his students to be even more violent and ruthless. However, the possibility of Aisha coming back into the story after season 3 hasn’t been ruled out. There’s a chance that she could be involved in some way with the conflict with Cobra Kai or the next All-Valley Karate Tournament.
Aisha’s absence has been acknowledged by the actors, the writers, and the showrunner, who have made comments that suggest viewers may see Aisha again in the near future. Here’s every hint that suggests Aisha will be back.
Jon Hurtwitz & Josh Heald
After saying that Aisha wouldn’t be in season 3, Cobra Kai showrunner Jon Hurwitz explained that he told Nichole Brown that not being included didn’t mean she couldn’t be around for later. Co-showrunner Josh Heald seemed to echo these sentiments, and suggested that Aisha’s exit could make a grand entrance possible in the future. Heald said “that sometimes people need to exit to make their [re-entry] a little bit different and bigger, ” [via TVLine]. Heald has made similar comments in other interviews, and at one point claimed that “no one’s ever written out of our show” [via EW].
Gianni DeCenzo
When asked if Aisha could return, Demetri actor Gianni DeCenzo itted that he didn’t know if Aisha would return, but pointed out that on Cobra Kai, “we see people come and go”, and used Yasmine (Annalisa Cochrane) and Kyler (Joe Seo) as examples [via EW]. It’s true that these characters were missing from season 2, but were suddenly important again in season 3. The idea here is that the same thing could happen again with Aisha.
Hayden Schlossberg
Cobra Kai co-creator Hayden Schlossberg has refrained from saying much about Aisha in order to avoid spoilers, but reiterated what others have already said about her chances. Schlossberg argues that characters fans thought were gone have a tendency to re-enter the story at later dates [via Aisha may make a surprising return in Cobra Kai season 4.