GHC Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current championship design | |||||||||||||||||||
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Promotion | CyberFight | ||||||||||||||||||
Brand | Pro Wrestling Noah | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | April 15, 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Satoshi Kojima | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | June 12, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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, defended on its Pro Wrestling Noah brand division.[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. As of June 13, 2022[update], there have been a total of 39 reigns shared between 22 different champions. The current champion is Satoshi Kojima, who is in his first reign.
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 | Second round | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
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.
No. | Overall reign number |
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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. | ||||
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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 | 18+ | 0 |
As of June 30, 2022.
† | Indicates the current champion |
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Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
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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 | Naomichi Marufuji | 4 | 10 | 510 |
8 | Katsuhiko Nakajima | 2 | 11 | 443 |
9 | Kaito Kiyomiya | 1 | 6 | 384 |
10 | Kenta | 1 | 9 | 343 |
11 | Minoru Suzuki | 1 | 4 | 283 |
12 | Takeshi Rikio | 1 | 3 | 245 |
13 | Kensuke Sasaki | 1 | 2 | 176 |
14 | Yoshinari Ogawa | 1 | 2 | 153 |
15 | Yuji Nagata | 1 | 4 | 147 |
16 | Eddie Edwards | 1 | 2 | 118 |
17 | Keiji Mutoh | 1 | 2 | 114 |
18 | Kenoh | 1 | 2 | 79 |
19 | Akira Taue | 1 | 1 | 78 |
20 | Kazuyuki Fujita | 1 | 1 | 63 |
21 | Satoshi Kojima † | 1 | 0 | 18+ |
22 | Yoshihiro Takayama | 1 | 0 | 16 |