I think the exact same as you do.

I hope none will . They are all pathetic. Kobra is a complete joke and Midway should be ashamed of themselves. I do really like Shujinko but thats probably because he is using Kung Lao's fighting styles. He looks kinda cool too. Eveyone else is varied degrees of bad. Ahshrah might have impressed me more if her alt outfit was the default and not the heavenly beekeeper outfit.
At least all the returning cast is fab. Its hard to belive the same people are responsible for both. Still a great game but the new guys all suck.

As long as Kira returns I'm good.

Noob Saibot will hopefuly return. I think he will be separate from smoke though.

johnny cage
sheeva
shao kahn
motaro
rain
liu kang
sonya
jax
stryker

Hotaru - he was amazin, u guys are crazy if you dont like him, good story and everything, look is insane! i love it! fightin styles good, fatalitys were alright
Havik - His look was great, moves were great, styles were great, good weapon, Story was best of the new ones, love him
Darrius - alot of people dont like him, but i always use him, badass speacial moves, good weapon, i liked his look,, unlike everyone else, but his alternate was horrible, i like his story too...
Kira - i hated kobra, i hope kiras ending happens and her and kabal get more recruits, i wanna see more black vs red dragon
Ashrah - nice, but can sit out, she was boring to me, good story and all, but no...
Kobra - DIE!!!!!
and they must bring Fujin, Rain, Quan Chi, Shao Kahn, Sektor, & Kai back revamped with new looks in MK7, well kahn and chi dont need em, but the others do...

In MKGold, Cyrax and Sektor returned. And Goro returned, after being the sub-boss for only one game.
In Deadly Alliance, Quan Chi reterned (or did you forget that he was a NEW character in MK4?) , as well as Cyrax (if you don't consider his return in MKGold to be his 'real' return, which is stupid, since his storyline and ending in it was made canon in Deadly Alliance).

I kinda want all of them to return, I was impressed by all the new characters.

Apparently you didn't get the point of the topic.
Kobra, Ashrah, Kira, and Shujinko would probably return..

what do you mean?

The topic creator meant new characters from this game. Not chracters from past games...
And I don't care about which of the new peoples return.

Hotaru is dead

I'm hoping for...
Havik: That psychotic masochist is freak'n great! Great styles that suite him brilliantly and his alternate costume is awesome!!
Hotaru: I loved his alternate costume and he's a great fighter. I am also fond of great opposits. Light & Dark, Fire & Ice, Good & Evil. And he's the great opposit to Havik. Order & Chaos!
Kira: As much as i like Sonya and Kano... I was getting sick of them. The guys at Midway took the best qualities from both of these characters and created Kira, Truly a blessing to the series. Kabal & Kira forever!