GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship

GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship
Current championship design
Details
PromotionCyberFight
BrandPro Wrestling Noah
Date establishedJune 24, 2001
Current championYo-Hey
Date wonMay 3, 2025
Statistics
First championYoshinobu 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 July 13, 2024, there have been a total of 55 reigns shared between 28 different champions. The current champion is Yo-Hey, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Eita at Noah Memorial Voyage in Kokugikan on May 3, 2025.

Tournament

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

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 1 252 6 [35]
55 Amakusa July 13, 2024 Destination 2024 Niigata, Japan 2 50 0 [36]
56 Daga September 1, 2024 N-1 Victory
Night 9 		Osaka, Japan 2 122 1 [37]
57 Eita January 1, 2025 The New Year 2025 Tokyo, Japan 2 122 3 This was a Two-out-of-three falls match, which Eita won 2–1. [38]
58 Yo-Hey May 3, 2025 Memorial Voyage in Kokugikan Tokyo, Japan 1 108+ 4 [39]

Combined reigns

As of August 19, 2025.

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 Daga 2 7 373
8 Takashi Sugiura 2 3 316
9 Atsushi Kotoge 3 6 298
10 Taichi 1 4 283
11 Katsuhiko Nakajima 3 4 191
12 Jyushin Thunder Liger 1 5 188
13 Tatsuhito Takaiwa 2 3 177
14 Eita 2 3 169
15 Michael Modest 1 2 166
16 Amakusa 2 3 164
17 Minoru Tanaka 1 1 147
18 Hajime Ohara 1 2 140
19 Shuji Kondo 1 3 120
20 Naomichi Marufuji 1 1 119
21 Yo-Hey † 1 4 108+
22 Yoshinari Ogawa 1 1 106
23 Dante Leon 1 0 43
24 Seiki Yoshioka 1 0 30
25 Bryan Danielson 1 1 29
26 Ninja Mack 1 0 11
27 Makoto Hashi 1 0 1
28 Ricky Marvin 1 0 <1

See also

Belt design

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

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