| GHC Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | CyberFight | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brand | Pro Wrestling Noah | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | April 15, 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Kenoh | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | October 28, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Global Honored Crown (GHC) Heavyweight Championship (Japanese: GHCヘビー級王座, Hepburn: GHC Hebī-kyū Ōza) is the professional wrestling world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the Japanese promotion CyberFight currently defended in the Pro Wrestling Noah brand division. It is one of CyberFight's two top men's world titles, alongside the KO-D Openweight Championship in DDT Pro-Wrestling.[1] The title was also defended on Impact Wrestling which has a working relationship with Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on April 15, 2001 when Mitsuharu Misawa defeated Yoshihiro Takayama in a 16-man tournament final.[2] 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. There have been a total of 43 reigns shared between 23 different champions. The current champion is Kenoh, who is in his third reign.
Tournament
Inaugural and three-time champion Mitsuharu Misawa
Noah held a 16-man tournament to crown the first champion, held over its month-long, 18-event Navigation for the Victory GHC tour. The tour was held from March 18 through April 15, 2001.[2]
| First round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Mar. 18 | Mitsuharu Misawa | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| Tokyo | Akitoshi Saito | 12:26 | |||||||||||||||||
| Apr. 4 | Mitsuharu Misawa | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| Okayama | Yoshinari Ogawa | 19:44 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mar. 21 | Masao Inoue | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| Sagamihara | Yoshinari Ogawa | 14:18 | |||||||||||||||||
| Apr. 11 | Mitsuharu Misawa | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| Hiroshima | Jun Akiyama | 15:05† | |||||||||||||||||
| Apr. 1 | Jun Akiyama | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| Fukuoka | Takao Omori | 22:49 | |||||||||||||||||
| Apr. 8 | Jun Akiyama | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| Tokyo | Takeshi Rikio | 4:02 | |||||||||||||||||
| Apr. 2 | Takeshi Morishima | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| Beppu | Takeshi Rikio | 14:33 | |||||||||||||||||
| Apr. 15 | Mitsuharu Misawa | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| Tokyo | Yoshihiro Takayama | 21:12 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mar. 22 | Jun Izumida | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| Tokyo | Yoshihiro Takayama | 8:22 | |||||||||||||||||
| Apr. 3 | Yoshihiro Takayama | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| Uwajima | Kentaro Shiga | 7:16 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mar. 30 | Scorpio | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| Kumamoto | Kentaro Shiga | 13:06 | |||||||||||||||||
| Apr. 12 | Yoshihiro Takayama | DQ | |||||||||||||||||
| Osaka | Vader | 9:24 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mar. 25 | Akira Taue | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| Kyoto | Vader | 10:40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Apr. 6 | Vader | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| Ishikawa | Daisuke Ikeda | 7:15 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mar. 29 | Tamon Honda | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| Kagoshima | Daisuke Ikeda | 15:16 | |||||||||||||||||
† Akiyama and Misawa were originally both counted out, but the match was restarted.
Title history
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
| 1 | Mitsuharu Misawa | April 15, 2001 | Navigation for the Victory | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 103 | 1 | Defeated Yoshihiro Takayama in a tournament final. | [2] |
| 2 | Jun Akiyama | July 27, 2001 | Accomplish Our First Navigation | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 254 | 3 | [3] | |
| 3 | Yoshinari Ogawa | April 7, 2002 | Come and Watch in Ariake | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 153 | 2 | [4] | |
| 4 | Yoshihiro Takayama | September 7, 2002 | Navigation Over the Date Line | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 16 | 0 | [5] | |
| 5 | Mitsuharu Misawa | September 23, 2002 | Great Voyage | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 159 | 1 | [6] | |
| 6 | Kenta Kobashi | March 1, 2003 | Navigate for Evolution | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 735 | 13 | [7][8] | |
| 7 | Takeshi Rikio | March 5, 2005 | Navigate for Evolution | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 245 | 3 | [7][9] | |
| 8 | Akira Taue | November 5, 2005 | Third Great Voyage | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 78 | 1 | [10] | |
| 9 | Jun Akiyama | January 22, 2006 | First Navigation | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 230 | 2 | [11] | |
| 10 | Naomichi Marufuji | September 9, 2006 | Great Voyage | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 92 | 2 | [12] | |
| 11 | Mitsuharu Misawa | December 10, 2006 | Great Voyage | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 448 | 7 | [13] | |
| 12 | Takeshi Morishima | March 2, 2008 | Second Navigation | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 188 | 2 | ||
| 13 | Kensuke Sasaki | September 6, 2008 | Shiny Navigation | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 176 | 2 | ||
| 14 | Jun Akiyama | March 1, 2009 | Second Navigation | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 105 | 1 | ||
| — | Vacated | June 14, 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Akiyama suffering an ongoing spinal injury. | |
| 15 | Go Shiozaki | June 14, 2009 | Southern Navigation | Fukuoka, Japan | 1 | 175 | 1 | Defeated Takeshi Rikio to win the vacant title. | [14][15] |
| 16 | Takashi Sugiura | December 6, 2009 | Winter Navigation | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 581 | 14 | ||
| 17 | Go Shiozaki | July 10, 2011 | Great Voyage | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 196 | 3 | ||
| 18 | Takeshi Morishima | January 22, 2012 | Great Voyage 2012 in Osaka | Osaka, Japan | 2 | 371 | 8 | ||
| 19 | Kenta | January 27, 2013 | Great Voyage 2013 in Osaka | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 343 | 9 | ||
| 20 | Takeshi Morishima | January 5, 2014 | New Year Navigation 2014 | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 21 | Yuji Nagata | February 8, 2014 | The Second Navigation 2014 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 147 | 4 | [16] | |
| 22 | Naomichi Marufuji | July 5, 2014 | Great Voyage 2014 in Tokyo Vol. 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 253 | 6 | [17] | |
| 23 | Minoru Suzuki | March 15, 2015 | Great Voyage 2015 in Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 283 | 4 | On August 9, 2015, Suzuki successfully defended the title against Mio Shirai at a Pro Wrestling Wave event. The defense was not recognized by Noah, who officially only recognize four of his five defenses. | [18] |
| 24 | Naomichi Marufuji | December 23, 2015 | Destiny 2015 | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 39 | 0 | [19] | |
| 25 | Takashi Sugiura | January 31, 2016 | Great Voyage 2016 in Yokohama | Yokohama, Japan | 2 | 118 | 1 | [20] | |
| 26 | Go Shiozaki | May 28, 2016 | Great Voyage 2016 in Osaka | Osaka, Japan | 3 | 63 | 1 | [21] | |
| 27 | Takashi Sugiura | July 30, 2016 | 10th NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 85 | 2 | This was a lumberjack match. | [22] |
| 28 | Katsuhiko Nakajima | October 23, 2016 | Great Voyage 2016 in Yokohama Vol. 2 | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 307 | 7 | [23] | |
| 29 | Eddie Edwards | August 26, 2017 | Summer Navigation 2017 Vol. 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 118 | 2 | [24] | |
| 30 | Kenoh | December 22, 2017 | Winter Navigation 2017 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 79 | 2 | [25] | |
| 31 | Takashi Sugiura | March 11, 2018 | Great Voyage 2018 in Yokohama | Yokohama, Japan | 4 | 280 | 6 | [26] | |
| 32 | Kaito Kiyomiya | December 16, 2018 | Great Voyage in Yokohama Vol. 2 | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 384 | 6 | [27] | |
| 33 | Go Shiozaki | January 4, 2020 | New Sunrise | Tokyo, Japan | 4 | 405 | 6 | [28] | |
| 34 | Keiji Mutoh | February 12, 2021 | Destination 2021 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 114 | 2 | [29] | |
| 35 | Naomichi Marufuji | June 6, 2021 | CyberFight Festival 2021 | Saitama, Japan | 4 | 126 | 2 | [30] | |
| 36 | Katsuhiko Nakajima | October 10, 2021 | Grand Square 2021 in Osaka | Osaka, Japan | 2 | 136 | 4 | [31] | |
| 37 | Kazuyuki Fujita | February 23, 2022 | Gain Control 2022 in Nagoya | Nagoya, Japan | 1 | 63 | 1 | [32] | |
| — | Vacated | April 27, 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Fujita having tested positive for COVID-19. | [33] |
| 38 | Go Shiozaki | April 30, 2022 | Majestic 2022 | Tokyo, Japan | 5 | 43 | 0 | Defeated Kaito Kiyomiya to win the vacant title. | [34] |
| 39 | Satoshi Kojima | June 12, 2022 | CyberFight Festival 2022 | Saitama, Japan | 1 | 34 | 0 | [35] | |
| 40 | Kenoh | July 16, 2022 | Destination 2022 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 71 | 0 | [36] | |
| 41 | Kaito Kiyomiya | September 25, 2022 | Grand Ship in Nagoya 2022 | Nagoya, Japan | 2 | 175 | 4 | [37] | |
| 42 | Jake Lee | March 19, 2023 | Great Voyage in Yokohama 2023 | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 223 | 4 | [38] | |
| 43 | Kenoh | October 28, 2023 | Demolition Stage In Fukuoka | Fukuoka, Japan | 3 | 74+ | 1 | [39] | |
Combined reigns
As of January 10, 2024.
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)
Record five-time champion Go Shiozaki
| † | Indicates the current champion |
|---|
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Takashi Sugiura | 4 | 23 | 1,064 |
| 2 | Go Shiozaki | 5 | 11 | 882 |
| 3 | Kenta Kobashi | 1 | 13 | 735 |
| 4 | Mitsuharu Misawa | 3 | 9 | 710 |
| 5 | Takeshi Morishima | 3 | 10 | 593 |
| 6 | Jun Akiyama | 3 | 6 | 589 |
| 7 | Kaito Kiyomiya | 2 | 10 | 559 |
| 8 | Naomichi Marufuji | 4 | 10 | 510 |
| 9 | Katsuhiko Nakajima | 2 | 11 | 443 |
| 10 | Kenta | 1 | 9 | 343 |
| 11 | Minoru Suzuki | 1 | 4 | 283 |
| 12 | Takeshi Rikio | 1 | 3 | 245 |
| 13 | Kenoh † | 3 | 3 | 224+ |
| 14 | Jake Lee | 1 | 4 | 223 |
| 15 | Kensuke Sasaki | 1 | 2 | 176 |
| 16 | Yoshinari Ogawa | 1 | 2 | 153 |
| 17 | Yuji Nagata | 1 | 4 | 147 |
| 18 | Eddie Edwards | 1 | 2 | 118 |
| 19 | Keiji Mutoh | 1 | 2 | 114 |
| 20 | Akira Taue | 1 | 1 | 78 |
| 21 | Kazuyuki Fujita | 1 | 1 | 63 |
| 22 | Satoshi Kojima | 1 | 0 | 34 |
| 23 | Yoshihiro Takayama | 1 | 0 | 16 |
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