Emilie "Lili" De Rochefort

Emilie "Lili" De Rochefort is a character from the Tekken games.

A Monegasque high school student, Lili is the daughter and only child of Mr. Rochefort (first name unknown), a wealthy oil magnate. She resides in a luxurious suburban mansion with her father and their butler Sebastian.

Appearance
Lili is a Monegasque teenager with blue eyes and waist-length blond hair styled into a hime cut; full-fringed bangs cover her forehead, while blunt chin-length side-locks frame her face.The length of her hair has remained consistent throughout her appearances, but her side-locks and fringe change appearance depending on the game. In Dark Resurrection, she has short side-locks that frame her face (much like Anna's); Tekken 6 and future games omit this. Her fringe in Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is notably fuller, and her side-locks are more blunt. Finally, in Tekken Revolution, her side-locks are adjusted to be more coiffed inward (and to better frame her face); also, her fringe is made to look like it did in Dark Resurrection. She sports the same style in Tekken 7, but her hair is now thicker and much more detailed. She appears to wear make up as well, as she wears light pink lipstick in most of her appearances and light pink eyeliner that greatly highlight her eyes.

Lili's first outfit is comprised of a silver corset with white feather designs, matching silver jeans with a white belt, and white sneakers with black soles. She wears black hand-wraps and a matching black armband. This costume is influenced by the "Lolita" fashion style.

Lili's second outfit is comprised of a frilly white Victorian-style minidress with matching spanky-pants, white boots with red socks, red-and-white fingerless gloves, and a red-and-black gingham ascot tie. Like her Player 1 outfit, it features a heavy "Lolita" theme.

Personality
Even though Lili appears selfish and stuck-up, she is actually a very gentle and sweet young lady. However, like her rival Asuka Kazama, she revels in fighting despite being beautiful. This is proven throughout Scenario Campaign if the player chooses her. In almost every stage, it is shown that she sees most of the fighters as "toys to play with" and also in her stage if the player plays as anyone except Lili, Asuka, Jin or Lars. In fact, if they play as Nina and enter Lili's stage, she describes Lili as "having a screw loose" and a "brat who should be in bed by now". Also interesting is that in the mode, Lili's various dialogues with other characters seems to suggest she may be a bit of a sadist, however it seems this angle or trait is no longer prevalent or as viable in any games onwards.

Lili has a very caring attitude which belies her snobbery. She strives for grace and poise with every movement — particularly during fights. Lili is very confident in her fighting abilities - as shown by her winning and pre-match quotes - even though she lacks formal training in any personal combat style. (Her father, who loathes violence in any form, refused to let her attend the local savate studio. Ergo, young Lili had to settle for ballet and gymnastics, both of which figure prominently in her brawling.)

Lili's efforts to sate her fondness for hand-to-hand combat are checked by the deep loyalty and affection she shares with her father. As an example of the latter, before fighting her Stage Four sub-boss Ganryu, Lili says that he has robust eyebrows... just like her father's.

Abilities
Lili's fighting style is characterized by Gymnastics moves combined with many dancelike, acrobatic maneuvers - graceful and versatile spins, cartwheels, handstands, tumbles and pirouettes.

This fighting style is self-learned and self-developed by Lili herself, since her father, who dislikes fighting, would probably never allow her to even practice any sort of formal martial arts training. This is probably why some of Lili's moves often reflect her background and personality, as she tends to strike a lot of elegant, graceful poses as she attacks. Even her generic attacks such as her crouching kicks and jabs tend to have an air of elegance and grace.

Trivia

 * Her first name, Emilie, is of Latin origin, and the meaning is "rival". Her surname, De Rochefort, comes from Old French, and the meaning is "from fortress of rock".
 * Her self-taught personal combat system is a hybrid of street fighting, rhythmic gymnastics, and ballet. It was originally nicknamed "Monegasque-style Gymnastic Street Fighting" by fans.
 * Lili's hair ingame differs from her CG movie appearances and CG renders; in renders and movies she's shown to have shoulder length side locks that sit above her chest, however in game and in certain CG scenes they are absent. It is possible they intentionally omit the side locks to make it easier to render her ingame hair.
 * Her primary outfit represents the Monegasque flag (white and red).
 * Lili is the youngest (human) playable character, as of Tekken 6, after Ling Xiaoyu.
 * The official language of Monaco is French; yet, while Lili speaks fluent English in both Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection and Tekken 6, she speaks French in Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and onwards.
 * Lili is similar and often compared to Karin Kanzuki from the Street Fighter series.
 * Both are (apparently) selfish and stuck-up young girls who come from very wealthy families with companies/businesses being threatened in their main storylines.
 * They both have street-fighting schoolgirls (Asuka and Sakura respectively) for rivals. Lili and Karin declared their rivals so after they were defeated by them. Lili was defeated by Asuka at the fifth King of the Iron Fist Tournament, while Karin was defeated by Sakura after a challenge.
 * Karin take similar idle stance to Lili in Street Figher V.
 * Their butlers are present during their winning poses. Karin is shown with her butler, Ishizaki, while Lili asks her butler, Sebastian, if he can find a better person to fight than the person she defeated.
 * In their latest appearance in their respective games, Lili and Asuka still dislike one another, while Karin and Sakura became friends afterward and their fight is more of a friendly rivalry.
 * Lili's behavior somewhat resembles Rachel Alucard from the BlazBlue series. Both of them also have a butler. Her butler Sebastian and Rachel's butler, Valkenhayn, are now playable in their respective series.
 * Lili is the first Tekken character with Lolita fashion.
 * In January 2018, Harada revealed a early concept art for Lili back in 2003 in which she had a sleeveless dress. It also revealed her codename to be just "Monaco."
 * This also reveals she may have been planned for the original Tekken 5, but got put on hold until Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection.
 * Lili claim that Ganryu has an eyebrow just like her father who she admire.