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How old is neon in valorant

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Jessica Burns

Updated on March 29, 2026

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Short answer: How old is Neon Valorant? Neon is actually 19 years of age. This is according to the backstory as well as teasers that we have seen for her character. Likewise, Neon is a young woman character in the game. This is not so surprising when considering the fact that most of the agents in Valorant are younger characters.

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Biography

Tala Nicole Dimaapi Valdez was born in Manila, Philippines, and is a Radiant whose bioelectricity has entwined itself with Earth’s radianite net. She was recruited by the VALORANT Protocol as part of their Omega Project to use her electromagnetic powers to power an Alpha-Omega teleporter.

She was a young but former K/SEC veteran. Valdez abandoned her family to join the Protocol as their nineteenth agent, “Neon,” and now aims to help establish a stable connection that would finally allow the VP to cross over to Omega Earth.

Appearance

Neon is a little Filipina woman with olive skin. She’s dressed for the occasion in black and blue running tights and a pair of sneakers. She also sports a dark-blue cropped vest with electrical conduits for her abilities. Light blue lines on her arms and face can be illuminated by her radiant talents. She has shoulder-length shaggy hair that is mostly electric blue with yellow streaks and that she wears in half-up pigtails. She accessorizes with a golden bracelet on each arm and a belt.

When using her radiant powers to channel electricity through her body, the patterns on her arms, face, as well as her eyes glow light blue along with the her hair which stands-up due to the electricity