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GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship

Professional wrestling championship

Professional wrestling championship

FieldValue
championshipnameGHC Junior Heavyweight Championship
imageGHC Junior Heavyweight Championship.png
captionCurrent championship design
currentholderAmakusa
wonJanuary 1, 2026
promotionCyberFight
brandPro Wrestling Noah
createdJune 24, 2001
mostreignsYoshinobu Kanemaru (7 reigns)
firstchampYoshinobu Kanemaru
longestreignTaiji Ishimori (405 days)
shortestreignMakoto Hashi (1 day)
oldestYoshinari Ogawa ()
youngestKatsuhiko Nakajima ()

The Global Honored Crown (GHC) Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah, contested exclusively among junior heavyweight (

, there have been a total of 60 reigns shared between 29 different champions. The current champion is Amakusa, who is in his third reign. He won the title by defeating Hiromu Takahashi at Noah The New Year 2026.

Tournament

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.

June 9 & 15 June 16, 17, 20 & 21 June 23 June 24

| RD1-team03= Path Finder | RD1-score03= Pin | RD1-team04= Kenta Kobayashi | RD1-score04= 8:27

| RD1-team13= Satoru Asako | RD1-score13= Pin | RD1-team14= Matt Murphy | RD1-score14= 11:21

| RD2-team01= Yoshinobu Kanemaru | RD2-score01= Pin | RD2-team02= Path Finder | RD2-score02= 12:15

| RD2-team03= Tsuyoshi Kikuchi | RD2-score03= Pin | RD2-team04= B. J. Whitmer | RD2-score04=7:12

| RD2-team05= Makoto Hashi | RD2-score05= Pin | RD2-team06= Naomichi Marufuji | RD2-score06= 15:02

| RD2-team07= Satoru Asako | RD2-score07= Pin | RD2-team08= Juventud Guerrera | RD2-score08= 11:04

| RD3-team01= Yoshinobu Kanemaru | RD3-score01= Pin | RD3-team02= Tsuyoshi Kikuchi | RD3-score02= 13:34

| RD3-team03= Naomichi Marufuji | RD3-score03= Pin | RD3-team04= Juventud Guerrera | RD3-score04= 19:02

| RD4-team01= Yoshinobu Kanemaru | RD4-score01= Pin | RD4-team02= Juventud Guerrera | RD4-score02= 17:17

Title history

Day 1 Night 9 Night 1

Combined reigns

As of , .

†
Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reignsCombined
defensesCombined days1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829
Yoshinobu Kanemaru7281,876
Daisuke Harada518909
Hayata519765
Mushiking Terry/Kotaro Suzuki414724
Kenta312685
Taiji Ishimori312566
Daga27373
Takashi Sugiura23316
Atsushi Kotoge36298
Taichi14283
Amakusa †34+
Katsuhiko Nakajima34191
Jyushin Thunder Liger15188
Tatsuhito Takaiwa23177
Eita23169
Michael Modest12166
Minoru Tanaka11147
Hajime Ohara12140
Yo-Hey14128
Shuji Kondo13120
Naomichi Marufuji11119
Hiromu Takahashi12115
Yoshinari Ogawa11106
Dante Leon1043
Seiki Yoshioka1030
Bryan Danielson1129
Ninja Mack1011
Makoto Hashi101
Ricky Marvin10

Belt design

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

References

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