Manon

• Character Name: Manon
• Species: Human
• Height: 5'9” (175 cm)
• Weight: 129 lbs (58 kg)
• Eye color: blue
• hair color: Pink
• Title: Judoka Ballet Dancer
• Birthdate: September 2
• Birthplace France
• Fighting Style: Judo and ballet dancing
• Appearance: Manon Legrand is a French woman with short light pink hair with hime-cut bangs and longer fringes in each side of her hair, reminiscent of a swan. In her default outfit, she wears a royal blue singlet with red, white and blue streaks, and with cutouts around her torso and hips. Embedded on her collar is a gold medal with two abstract figures, with one throwing the other. On top of her singlet, Manon wears a white gi with a turquoise trim, with the sleeves rolled up and the waist tied with a black judo belt. Her matching blue footguards and wristbands have white stripes across them. Her nails are also painted to look like the French flag.
• Personality: Manon is depicted as being idealistic who seeks herself for her self-improvement in beauty and enjoys street fighting which she wanted to become the world's strongest model by using her main fighting skills. Aside from being idealistic, Manon is also shown to be snobbish and haughty and like both Karin Kanzuki and Cody, she loves to fight strong opponents, as seen in her win quotes. Nevertheless, Manon is not without a standard, such as having a strong despise of people with hidden evil agenda like JP.

In her arcade story, Manon also displays her family problems after achieving many sports accomplishments throughout her life. Deep down, she hates being called a "strong" person due to what her mother had said to her younger self before she had left, that Manon would be "just fine" without her because she was "strong". This made Manon become indifferent to any praise and accomplishments and became somewhat aloof, as she believes that it's natural for her to do "just fine" in everything, while deep down Manon hates how people would idolize her "strong" prowess and not caring about her feelings or anyone else's, since Manon believes people treated her as if she would be "just fine" in any situation and viewed her as being perfect and thus unapproachable, resulting into her having trouble of befriending others. This changed with her encounter with Marisa whose her determination to improve herself despite her loss taught her that "just fine" wasn't enough for her. Since then, Manon embraced that she is "strong" not because she has enough strength to do things herself; but because she has a drive and motivation to make herself stronger.

• Friend: Marisa. Manon's rival. While the two are opposites of each other in their personality and background, they both have an admiration for each other, namely Marisa's drive to work harder in spite of her loss.
• Background: Manon Legrand were born as the youngest of the trio sibling of a wealthy French aristocrat family. During her youth, Manon has developed incredible talent in judo, being hailed as a "genius" by those around her. Being the sole daughter, Manon lived a mostly happy childhood with her older brothers whom they shared sibling bonds with. Though during some point of her younger days, Manon's mother has left her (it is implied that she was divorced) but not before assuring Manon that she would be "just fine" without her because she was "strong". These seemingly normal words cut deep into young Manon's heart, as she believes that she was left on her own because of her "strong" prowess and later came to hate the word "strong".

As Manon grew up, she begins to pursue various careers and became greatly successful in all of them. Manon won the gold medal in the world judoka championship, being so proud of this achievement that she wore the medal wherever she goes. Manon has also became a renowned ballerina, super model, and actress. The main drive of Manon in perfecting various careers is to prove her mother's word that she's only "just fine" wrong. Though despite the successes, Manon has also became increasingly aloof and indifference due to her regularly being praised for her achievements, believing that she would also do "just fine" in everything, while also hating how those around her (besides her brothers) were viewing her simply as the "perfect" being and nothing else.

• Fighting Style: Manon combines judo with ballet, utilizing various maneuvers that involve her "dancing" with her opponent. Many of her attacks utilize her long legs to attack from far ranges, complementing her powerful close-range throws.