GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship

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GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship
Current championship design
Details
PromotionCyberFight
BrandPro Wrestling Noah
Date establishedJune 24, 2001
Current champion(s)Daga
Date wonNovember 4, 2023
Statistics
First champion(s)Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Most reignsYoshinobu Kanemaru (7 reigns)
Longest reignTaiji Ishimori (405 days)
Shortest reignMakoto Hashi (1 day)
Oldest championYoshinari Ogawa (53 years, 2 months and 2 days)
Youngest championKatsuhiko Nakajima (20 years and 11 months)

The Global Honored Crown (GHC) Junior Heavyweight Championship (Japanese: GHCジュニアヘビー級王座, Hepburn: GHC Junia Hebī-kyū Ōza) is a professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah, contested exclusively among junior heavyweight (<100 kg) wrestlers. It was created in 2001 when Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Juventud Guerrera in a 12-man tournament final. In addition to Japan, the title has also been defended in the United States, United Kingdom and Germany. As of November 10, 2022, there have been a total of 54 reigns shared between 27 different champions. The current champion is Daga, who is in his first reign.

Tournament[edit]

Five-time champion Hayata with the current design of the title in 2022

Noah held a 10-man tournament to crown the first champion, held over its month-long, 11-event Navigation for the Bright Destination tour. The tour was held from June 9 through June 24, 2001.[1]

Round 1
June 9 & 15 		Round 2
June 16, 17, 20 & 21 		Semifinals
June 23 		Final
June 24
Yoshinobu Kanemaru Pin
8 Path Finder Pin Path Finder 12:15
9 Kenta Kobayashi 8:27 Yoshinobu Kanemaru Pin
Tsuyoshi Kikuchi 13:34
Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Pin
B. J. Whitmer 7:12
Yoshinobu Kanemaru Pin
Juventud Guerrera 17:17
Makoto Hashi Pin
Naomichi Marufuji 15:02
Naomichi Marufuji Pin
7 Satoru Asako Pin Juventud Guerrera 19:02
10 Matt Murphy 11:21 Satoru Asako Pin
Juventud Guerrera 11:04

Title history[edit]

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
<1 Reign lasted less than a day
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days Defenses
1 Yoshinobu Kanemaru June 24, 2001 Navigation for the Bright Destination Nagoya, Japan 1 117 2 Defeated Juventud Guerrera in a tournament final. [1]
2 Tatsuhito Takaiwa October 19, 2001 Tug of War Yokohama, Japan 1 51 1 [2]
3 Naomichi Marufuji December 9, 2001 Navigation in Raging Ocean Tokyo, Japan 1 119 1 [3]
4 Makoto Hashi April 7, 2002 Come and Watch in Ariake Tokyo, Japan 1 1 0 [4]
— Vacated April 8, 2002 — — — — — Hashi refused the title after winning by referee stoppage due to Marufuji injuring his knee. [5]
5 Yoshinobu Kanemaru May 26, 2002 Navigation with Breeze Sapporo, Japan 2 308 3 Defeated Kenta in a tournament final to win the vacant title. [6]
6 Michael Modest March 30, 2003 Encountering Navigation Fukuoka, Japan 1 166 2 [7][8]
7 Takashi Sugiura September 12, 2003 Navigation Over the Date Line Tokyo, Japan 1 114 2 [9]
8 Jushin Thunder Liger January 4, 2004 Wrestling World 2004 Tokyo, Japan 1 188 5 This was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) event. [10][11]
9 Yoshinobu Kanemaru July 10, 2004 Departure 2004 Tokyo, Japan 3 373 5 [12]
10 Kenta July 18, 2005 Destiny 2005 Tokyo, Japan 1 321 6 [13]
11 Takashi Sugiura June 4, 2006 Northern Navigation Sapporo, Japan 2 202 1 [14]
12 Tatsuhito Takaiwa December 23, 2006 SEMful Gift in Differ Tokyo, Japan 2 126 2 This was a Pro Wrestling Sem event. [15]
13 Mushiking Terry April 28, 2007 Spring Navigation Tokyo, Japan 1 182 0 [16]
14 Yoshinobu Kanemaru October 27, 2007 Autumn Navigation Tokyo, Japan 4 323 5
15 Bryan Danielson September 14, 2008 The Tokyo Summit Tokyo, Japan 1 29 1 This was a Ring of Honor (ROH) event.
16 Kenta October 13, 2008 Autumn Navigation Hiroshima, Japan 2 121 3
17 Katsuhiko Nakajima February 11, 2009 Take the Dream Vol. 7 Tokyo, Japan 1 18 0 This was a Kensuke Office event.
18 Kenta March 1, 2009 Second Navigation Tokyo, Japan 3 243 3
— Vacated October 30, 2009 — — — — — Vacated due to Kenta suffering a knee injury.
19 Yoshinobu Kanemaru October 31, 2009 Autumn Navigation Tokyo, Japan 5 400 6 Defeated Jyushin Thunder Liger in the finals of the Junior Heavyweight League to win the vacant title.
20 Kotaro Suzuki December 5, 2010 Winter Navigation Tokyo, Japan 2 292 7 Suzuki was formerly known as Mushiking Terry.
21 Katsuhiko Nakajima September 23, 2011 Shiny Navigation Tokyo, Japan 2 9 0
— Vacated October 2, 2011 — — — — — Vacated after Nakajima underwent surgery for acute appendicitis.
22 Ricky Marvin October 16, 2011 Navigation Sunday 2011 in Korakuen Tokyo, Japan 1 <1 0 Defeated Satoshi Kajiwara to win the vacant title.
— Vacated October 16, 2011 — — — — — Marvin refused the title, declaring that he wanted to win it by defeating Katsuhiko Nakajima.
23 Katsuhiko Nakajima November 27, 2011 Great Voyage 2011 in Tokyo Vol. 4 Tokyo, Japan 3 164 4 Defeated Ricky Marvin to win the vacant title.
24 Yoshinobu Kanemaru May 9, 2012 The Navigation in May 2012 Tokyo, Japan 6 143 3
25 Shuji Kondo September 29, 2012 The Navigation Saturday 2012 in Korakuen Tokyo, Japan 1 120 3 [17]
26 Taiji Ishimori January 27, 2013 Great Voyage 2013 in Osaka Osaka, Japan 1 405 10
27 Daisuke Harada March 8, 2014 Great Voyage 2014 in Tokyo Tokyo, Japan 1 273 7
28 Atsushi Kotoge December 6, 2014 Great Voyage 2014 in Tokyo Vol. 3 Tokyo, Japan 1 99 1
29 Taichi March 15, 2015 Great Voyage 2015 in Tokyo Tokyo, Japan 1 283 4
30 Taiji Ishimori December 23, 2015 Destiny 2015 Tokyo, Japan 2 63 1
31 Yoshinobu Kanemaru February 24, 2016 The Second Navigation 2016 Tokyo, Japan 7 212 4
32 Atsushi Kotoge September 23, 2016 Shiny Navigation 2016 Tokyo, Japan 2 94 3
— Vacated December 26, 2016 — — — — — Vacated due to Kotoge moving to the heavyweight division.
33 Hajime Ohara January 7, 2017 The First Navigation 2017 Tokyo, Japan 1 140 2 Defeated Taiji Ishimori to win the vacant title.
34 Hayata May 27, 2017 Navigation With Breeze 2017 Osaka, Japan 1 29 0
35 Taiji Ishimori June 25, 2017 Great Voyage 2017 in Fukushima Kōriyama, Japan 3 98 1
36 Daisuke Harada October 1, 2017 Great Voyage 2017 in Yokohama Vol. 2 Yokohama, Japan 2 394 6
37 Kotaro Suzuki October 30, 2018 Global League 2018
Day 1 		Tokyo, Japan 3 47 2 [18]
38 Daisuke Harada December 16, 2018 Great Voyage in Yokohama Vol. 2 Yokohama, Japan 3 84 1 [19]
39 Minoru Tanaka March 10, 2019 Great Voyage 2019 in Yokohama Yokohama, Japan 1 147 1 [20]
40 Hayata August 4, 2019 Departure 2019 Tokyo, Japan 2 153 3 [21]
41 Yoshinari Ogawa January 4, 2020 New Sunrise Tokyo, Japan 1 106 1 [22]
42 Kotaro Suzuki April 19, 2020 Noah the Spirit Tokyo, Japan 4 203 5 [23]
43 Daisuke Harada November 8, 2020 Premium Prelude 2020 Tokyo, Japan 4 96 2 [24]
44 Seiki Yoshioka February 12, 2021 Destination 2021: Back to Budōkan Tokyo, Japan 1 30 0 [25]
45 Atsushi Kotoge March 14, 2021 Great Voyage 2021 in Fukuoka Fukuoka, Japan 3 105 2 [26]
46 Hayata June 27, 2021 Muta The World Fukuoka, Japan 3 197 8 [27]
47 Daisuke Harada January 10, 2022 N-Innovation Day 3: U-Cup Special Yokohama, Japan 5 62 2 [28]
48 Eita March 13, 2022 Great Voyage 2022 in Yokohama Yokohama, Japan 1 47 0 [29]
49 Hayata April 29, 2022 Majestic 2022: N Innovation Tokyo, Japan 4 184 5 [30]
50 Ninja Mack October 30, 2022 Ariake Triumph: The Return Tokyo, Japan 1 11 0 This match was stopped after Hayata suffered a legitimate elbow injury and was unable to continue. [31]
51 Dante Leon November 10, 2022 Global Honored Crown 2022 Tokyo, Japan 1 43 0 [32]
52 Amakusa December 23, 2022 N Innovation 2022 Tokyo, Japan 1 114 3 [33]
53 Hayata April 16, 2023 Green Journey in Sendai 2023 Sendai, Japan 5 202 3 [34]
54 Daga November 4, 2023 Demolition Stage in Niigata Niigata, Japan 1 164+ 5 [35]

Combined reigns[edit]

As of April 16, 2024.

Inaugural and record seven-time champion Yoshinobu Kanemaru also holds the records for longest combined reign at 1,876 days and most combined defenses at 28
Three-time champion Taiji Ishimori holds the records for longest reign at 405 days and most defenses in one reign at 10
† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
defenses 		Combined days
1 Yoshinobu Kanemaru 7 28 1,876
2 Daisuke Harada 5 18 909
3 Hayata 5 19 765
4 Mushiking Terry/Kotaro Suzuki 4 14 724
5 Kenta 3 12 685
6 Taiji Ishimori 3 12 566
7 Takashi Sugiura 2 3 316
8 Atsushi Kotoge 3 6 298
9 Taichi 1 4 283
10 Katsuhiko Nakajima 3 4 191
11 Jyushin Thunder Liger 1 5 188
12 Tatsuhito Takaiwa 2 3 177
13 Michael Modest 1 2 166
14 Daga † 1 5 164+
15 Minoru Tanaka 1 1 147
16 Hajime Ohara 1 2 140
17 Shuji Kondo 1 3 120
18 Naomichi Marufuji 1 1 119
19 Amakusa 1 3 114
20 Yoshinari Ogawa 1 1 106
21 Eita 1 0 47
22 Dante Leon 1 0 43
23 Seiki Yoshioka 1 0 30
24 Bryan Danielson 1 1 29
25 Ninja Mack 1 0 11
26 Makoto Hashi 1 0 1
27 Ricky Marvin 1 0 <1

Belt design[edit]

The standard Championship belt has three plates on a blue leather strap.

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

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