Tarou Raimon

Tarou Raimon, also known as Monta, Mon-Mon, Monkey Boy and Butt-Monkey, is one of the main characters from the Eyeshield 21 series.
== Charactah Account ==
Monta is the wide receiver of the Deimon Devil Bats American football team. He resembles an ape, particularly a chimpanzee, in many ways; indeed, his simian similarity is the character's running joke throughout the manga. Although he is as short as Sena, his large hands, arms, acrobatic moves, and leaping ability make him a very effective receiver; he can even catch Hiruma's bullet passes with one hand. He has a habit of posing every time he makes a spectacular catch for a touchdown, rolling after the jump, and breaking out of the roll by kneeling and pointing upwards with his index finger. He also has the habit of attaching 'Max' to nearly everything he does, since he believes that one should give 100% effort in all endeavors.
Monta got his nickname after Sena mistook his name as Rai Montarou. He begins to like being called 'Monta' after Hiruma tells him the nickname 'Monta' was supposedly derived from Joe Montana. Monta does not know that Joe Montana is a quarterback, not a wide receiver. Monta has a crush on Mamori. He's always trying to win her heart, often failing miserably, because she always gives more attention to Sena. Monta's throwing is incredibly horrible: he moves his arm in the right direction, but somehow, the ball goes in a completely different direction! Not only that, but his kicking is similar. His throws/kicks usually hit someone on the head, or break a window. Monta is also known for his bad grammar, as he once said that he will "restore his disgrace, but was corrected by Hiruma, and Hiruma even requested that someone "teach that monkey how to communicate with humans," which embarrassed him even further.
At the same time, although Monta is considered an idiot, he gives wonderful motivational speeches, especially to Sena. Every time Sena felt like all was lost, Monta would give him a pep talk, leading Sena to start moving again.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Eyeshield 21
* Eyeshield 21: Jump Festa 2005 Special
* Eyeshield 21: The Illusionary Golden Bowl
=== Manga ===
* Eyeshield 21
* Jump Super Stars
=== Video Games ===
* Eyeshield 21: Devilbats Devildays
* Eyeshield 21: Field Saikyou no Senshi Tachi
* Eyeshield 21: Max Devil Power
* Eyeshield 21: Portable Edition
* Eyeshield 21: Let's Play American Football! Ya! Ha!
== Trivia ==
* Monta's real name, Taro Raimon, is actually Raimon Taro in Japanese. Sena, while introducing him to Hiruma, pronounces his name as "Rai... Montaro", leading Hiruma to call him Monta.
* Monta is always greatly offended when someone calls him a monkey. Ironically, he occasionally performs stereotypical monkey traits such as running on all fours, climbing trees to high heights, using his feet to handle objects, and snacking on bananas. In Japanese, he even cries, "Mukyaa~!", which is a recognized monkey cry, when he's upset. He even got caught by the ship's crew on a one day vacation cruise for being mistaken by a monkey and sticking him in a cage with other real monkeys. In a poll that pitted characters against one another, he won over a monkey for being "most monkey-like" with the most votes out of all polls, being the only one to get more than 10000 votes
* Monta's first appearance differs from manga to anime. In the manga, he is first seen when Sena was walking home practicing his hold on the American Football. In the Anime, Monta is seen in the background when Sena enters Deimon High in the first episode.
* Whenever Monta catches a pass he yells "CATCH MAX!" and goes into a pose when he lands which consists of him kneeling, raising one of his hands into the air and making an L sign with his fingers.
* Monta is one of Deimon Shorties, other than Sena and Komusubi.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Taro Raimon at Eyeshield 21 Wiki
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