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GHC Heavyweight Championship

Professional wrestling world championship

GHC Heavyweight Championship
Summary

Professional wrestling world championship

FieldValue
championshipnameGHC Heavyweight Championship
imageGHC Heavyweight Championship.png
captionCurrent championship design (since 2019)
currentholderYoshiki Inamura
wonNovember 8, 2025
promotionCyberFight
brandPro Wrestling Noah
createdApril 15, 2001
mostreignsGo Shiozaki
(5 reigns)
firstchampMitsuharu Misawa
longestreignKenta Kobashi
(735 days)
shortestreignKenoh
(1 day)
oldestKeiji Muto
()
youngestKaito Kiyomiya
()
heaviestTakeshi Morishima
(145 kg)
lightestKenta
(81 kg)

(5 reigns) (735 days) (1 day) () () (145 kg) (81 kg) The Global Honored Crown (GHC) Heavyweight Championship is the professional wrestling world heavyweight championship created and promoted by Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah, which was merged with DDT Pro-Wrestling to form CyberFight in 2020. It is one of CyberFight's two top men's world titles, alongside the KO-D Openweight Championship in DDT. The title was also defended on Impact Wrestling which has a working relationship with Pro Wrestling Noah. Though its name implies a particular weight class, it has been periodically held by junior heavyweights, including Yoshinari Ogawa, Kenta, Naomichi Marufuji, Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kenoh. The current champion is Yoshiki Inamura, who is in his first reign. He defeated Kenta at Star Navigation 2025 on November 8th, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan.

History

The GHC Heavyweight Championship was created in 2001, when Noah held a 16-man tournament to crown the first champion over its month-long, 18-event Navigation for the Victory GHC tour. The tour ran from March 18 to April 15. | March 18, Tokyo | Mitsuharu Misawa | Pin | Akitoshi Saito | 12:26 | March 21, Sagamihara | Masao Inoue | 14:18 | Yoshinari Ogawa | Pin | April 2, Beppu | Takeshi Morishima | 14:33 | Takeshi Rikio | Pin | April 1, Fukuoka | Jun Akiyama | Pin | Takao Omori | 22:49 | March 25, Kyoto | Akira Taue | 10:40 | Vader | Pin | March 29, Kagoshima | Daisuke Ikeda | Pin | Tamon Honda | 15:16 | March 22, Tokyo | Yoshihiro Takayama | Pin | Jun Izumida | 8:22 | March 30, Kumamoto | Scorpio | 13:06 | Kentaro Shiga | Pin | April 4, Okayama | Mitsuharu Misawa | Pin | Yoshinari Ogawa | 19:44 | April 8, Tokyo | Takeshi Rikio | 4:02 | Jun Akiyama | Sub | April 6, Ishikawa | Vader | Pin | Daisuke Ikeda | 7:15 | April 3, Uwajima | Yoshihiro Takayama | Pin | Kentaro Shiga | 7:16 | April 11, Hiroshima | Mitsuharu Misawa | Pin | Jun Akiyama | 1:30 | April 12, Osaka | Vader | 9:24 | Yoshihiro Takayama | DQ | April 15, Tokyo | Mitsuharu Misawa | Pin | Yoshihiro Takayama | 21:12

Belt design

File:KensukeSasaki.jpg|Kensuke Sasaki with the first design of the title in 2008 File:20230122kiyomiya (cropped).jpg|Kaito Kiyomiya with the second design of the title in 2023. The first version of the title was introduced in 2001, one year after the promotion's debut, and its centerpiece featured a circular main plate in gold, adorned with intricate engravings, and crowned by a large "GHC" inscription at the top. Below it, the words "Heavyweight Champion" were prominently displayed, encased in a banner-like design, andn the middle, there’s an earth-shaped globe, symbolizing NOAH's governing body, the Global Honored Crown. The main plate is flanked by two side plates on either side, each carrying additional details, including NOAH's emblematic logo.

The second version was introduced in 2019, with the centerpiece of this version being broad, gold-plated main plate. At the top of the plate, bold "GHC" initials are engraved in a prominent and embossed style. Just top and bottom, “Heavyweight and Champion” were displayed in a subtle yet bold font, framing the title's gravity with elegance. The globe at the center was an enhanced feature, rendered with a three-dimensional effect that highlights the continents. The side plates, two on each side of the main plate, contribute further to the belt’s distinguished look.

Reigns

Current champion [[Yoshiki Inamura

As of , , there have been a total of 49 reigns shared between 26 different champions. Mitsuharu Misawa was the inaugural champion. Kenta Kobashi has the longest reign at 735 days, while Kenoh held the title for only one day, making it the shortest reign in the title's history. Keiji Muto is the oldest title holder at 58 years and 51 days, while Kaito Kiyomiya is the youngest at 22 years and 152 days.

Yoshiki Inamura is the current champion in his first reign. He defeated Kenta on Night 3 of Noah Star Navigation 2025 on November 8, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan. (Night 1)](noah-new-departure-2025-night-1) (Night 2)](noah-new-departure-2025-night-2) (Night 3)](noah-star-navigation-2025-night-3)

Combined reigns

As of , .

Four-time champion [[Takashi Sugiura]] holds the records for longest combined reign (1,064 days), most defenses in one reign (14), and most combined defenses (23)
Inaugural and three-time champion [[Mitsuharu Misawa
†
Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reignsCombined
defensesCombined days1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
4231,064
511882
317801
113735
39710
310593
36589
410510
{{sortnameKentaKenta Kobayashi}}211454
211443
14283
{{sortnameKenoh}}44250
13245
14223
Ozawa16199
12176
12153
14147
12118
12114
{{sortnameHijo del de Dr. Wagner Jr.El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.}}1190
†13+
1178
1163
1034
1016

Notes

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