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The Rakuten Monkeys (), formerly known as La New Bears (2004–2010) and Lamigo Monkeys (2011–2019), are a professional baseball team in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in Taiwan. Owned and administered by the Japanese technology conglomerate Rakuten, the Monkeys qualified for the playoffs in 2006 for the first time in team history, and by finishing with the best record in the entire season, gained an automatic berth for the Taiwan Series.
Since Macoto Bank had already decided to take-over the Macoto Gida, Chen Chien-lung took over the Agan as promised. The majority of Agan's player came from Taipei Gida and Kaohsiung-Pingtung Fala, and not from the Taichung Agan, which carried the same mascot and were the champions of the final season of TML. Agan played its home games at Chengcing Lake Baseball Field.
After Chen Chien-lung's sudden resignation due to allegation of insider trading in August 2003, the First Financial Holding Corporation no longer showed willingness in running the team. The Agan finished the 2003 season placing fifth overall, and did not win any of the 20 games against Brother Elephants, the Taiwan Series champions of that season.
In December 2003, La New completed the process with First Financial Holdings and renamed the team La New Bears. In the first two years of their existence, the Bears did not perform well. But after several additions to the roster through drafts and the minor league, the Bears turned the team around, eventually winning the 2006 Taiwan Series title.
Since Lamigo is based in northern Taiwan, the team was moved to Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium in Taoyuan County. Their new Chinese name, taoyuan (), is a homophone to their new home county. Despite the name change, La New Corporation retained its direct ownership of the team.
In 2012, the Monkeys won their first seasonal title after the name change when they defeated Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions four games to one in Taiwan Series.
In July 2019, the organization announced that the team would be sold. In September 2019, negotiations with Rakuten to acquire the team closed successfully. With the sale, Rakuten became the first foreign company to own a Chinese Professional Baseball League team. Terms of the sale were not disclosed.
In 2020, fans were not allowed to attend sporting events in Taiwan due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Rakuten Monkeys decided to place robotic mannequins in the stands to simulate the appearance of fans at their games.
In 2025, the Rakuten Monkeys won their first Taiwan Series title since the 2019 Rakuten takeover, having defeated the CTBC Brothers in five games.
In the 2011 season, they moved to Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium. Accordingly, the team's name was changed to the Lamigo Monkeys.
| Qualified for playoffs | Taiwan Series Championship |
| First Financial Holdings Agan | |||||
| 2003 | 20 (9/11) | 71 (37/34) | 9 (4/5) | .220 (.196/.244) | 5 (6/5) |
| La New Bears | |||||
| 2004 | 40 (18/22) | 56 (30/26) | 4 (2/2) | .417 (.375/.458) | 6 (6/5) |
| 2005 | 42 (16/26) | 55 (32/23) | 3 (2/1) | .433 (.333/.531) | 6 (6/2) |
| 2006 | 62 (30/32) | 34 (19/15) | 4 (1/3) | .646 (.612/.681) | 1 (1/1) |
| 2007 | 58 (26/32) | 42 (24/18) | 0 (0/0) | .580 (.520/.640) | 2 (3/1) |
| 2008 | 61 (28/33) | 35 (19/16) | 4 (3/1) | .635 (.596/.673) | 2 (2/1) |
| 2009 | 61 (33/28) | 58 (26/32) | 1 (1/0) | .513 (.559/.467) | 2 (2/4) |
| 2010 | 55 (31/24) | 62 (27/35) | 3 (2/1) | .470 (.534/.407) | 3 (2/4) |
| Lamigo Monkeys | |||||
| 2011 | 66 (33/33) | 52 (26/26) | 2 (1/1) | .559 (.559/.559) | 1 (2/1) |
| 2012 | 66 (28/38) | 52 (30/22) | 2 (2/0) | .559 (.483/.633) | 2 (2/1) |
| 2013 | 58 (28/30) | 60 (32/28) | 2 (0/2) | .492 (.467/.517) | 3 (3/2) |
| 2014 | 66 (39/27) | 51 (19/32) | 3 (2/1) | .564 (.672/.458) | 1 (1/3) |
| 2015 | 68 (37/31) | 52 (23/29) | 0 (0/0) | .567 (.617/.517) | 1 (1/2) |
| 2016 | 53 (27/26) | 64 (31/33) | 3 (2/1) | .453 (.466/.441) | 4 (3/3) |
| 2017 | 78 (43/35) | 41 (16/25) | 1 (1/0) | .655 (.729/.583) | 1 (1/1) |
| 2018 | 73 (38/35) | 47 (22/25) | 0 (0/0) | .608 (.633/.583) | 1 (1/1) |
| 2019 | 63 (35/28) | 55 (24/31) | 2 (1/1) | .534 (.593/.475) | 2 (1/3) |
| Rakuten Monkeys | |||||
| 2020 | 59 (34/25) | 61 (26/35) | 0 (0/0) | .492 (.567/.417) | 2 (2/4) |
| 2021 | 56 (30/26) | 61 (30/31) | 3 (0/3) | .479 (.500/.456) | 3 (3/5) |
| 2022 | 70 (37/33) | 46 (22/24) | 4 (1/3) | .603 (.627/.579) | 1 (1/2) |
| 2023 | 60 (29/31) | 56 (28/28) | 4 (3/1) | .517 (.509/.525) | 3 (3/2) |
| 2024 | 62 (33/29) | 57 (27/30) | 1 (0/1) | .521 (.550/.492) | 3 (2/3) |
| 2025 | 62 (30/32) | 57 (30/27) | 1 (0/1) | .521 (.500/.542) | 3 (3/2) |
| La New Bears | ||||||
| 2006 | Did not play | Uni-President Lions | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | Did not play | Uni-President Lions | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2008 | Brother Elephants | 0 | 3 | Eliminated | ||
| Lamigo Monkeys | ||||||
| 2011 | Did not play | Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2012 | Did not play | Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions | 4 | 1 | ||
| 2014 | Did not play | CTBC Brothers | 4 | 1 | ||
| 2015 | Did not play | CTBC Brothers | 4 | 3 | ||
| 2017 | Did not play | CTBC Brothers | 4 | 1 | ||
| 2018 | Did not play | Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2019 | Did not play | CTBC Brothers | 4 | 1 | ||
| Rakuten Monkeys | ||||||
| 2022 | Did not play | CTBC Brothers | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2023 | Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions | 3 | 1 | Wei Chuan Dragons | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions | 1 | 3 | Eliminated | ||
| 2025 | Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions | 3 | 2 | CTBC Brothers | 4 | 1 |
| La New Bears | ||||||
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 0–1 (L) | |
| Lamigo Monkeys | ||||||
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Yomiuri Giants | 3–6 (L) | |
| Players | Coaches | ||||||
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Roster updated on 11 August 2025 | ||||
| 1 | Hsu Sheng-ming | 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Takuji Ohta | 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Hong I-chung | 2004–2009 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | Tsai Jung-tsung | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| — | Hong I-chung | 2011–2019 | 7 | 6 |
| 5 | Tseng Hao-chu | 2020–2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Kenji Furukubo | 2024–2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Tseng Hao-chu | 2026–present | 0 | 0 |
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