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The Global Honored Crown (GHC) Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling

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title

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in Japanese

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promotion

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Pro Wrestling Noah

is a major Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000 by former All Japan Pro Wrestling ace Mitsuharu Misawa. NOAH is broadcast weekly in Japan...

, specifically for junior heavyweight

Cruiserweight (professional wrestling)

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) workers. It was created in 2001 when Yoshinobu Kanemaru

Yoshinobu Kanemaru

Yoshinobu Kanemaru is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah. Kanemaru holds the records for the most reigns for both of Noah's Jr...

defeated Juventud Guerrera

Juventud Guerrera

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in a 12-man tournament final. In addition to Japan, the title has also been defended in the United States

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and Germany

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. There have been a total of 12 recognized champions who have had a combined 23 official reigns.

Title history

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Location:	Notes:
Yoshinobu Kanemaru Yoshinobu Kanemaru Yoshinobu Kanemaru is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah. Kanemaru holds the records for the most reigns for both of Noah's Jr...	1	June 24, 2001	Nagoya, Japan	Defeated Juventud Guerrera Juventud Guerrera Eduardo Aníbal González Hernández , better known as Juventud Guerrera, is a Mexican professional wrestler who is best known for his work in many wrestling promotions worldwide, including all the major American wrestling promotions, such as World Wrestling Entertainment, World Championship... in a tournament final on the Navigation for the Bright Destination tour.
Tatsuhito Takaiwa Tatsuhito Takaiwa Tatsuhito Takaiwa is a Zainichi-Korean professional wrestler. Takaiwa is one of the more well-traveled junior heavyweights in Japan, having wrestled for New Japan, and Zero-One, as well as making special appearances in All Japan and NOAH....	1	October 19, 2001	Yokohama, Japan Yokohama is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...	Won the title on the Tug of War tour.
Naomichi Marufuji Naomichi Marufuji is a Japanese professional wrestler who competes for Pro Wrestling Noah, with occasional appearances in other professional wrestling promotions like Ring of Honor, All Japan Pro Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling, among others. Marufuji is the first of only two Grand Slam Champion in Pro...	1	December 9, 2001	Tokyo, Japan Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...	Won the title on the Navigation in Raging Ocean tour.
Makoto Hashi Makoto Hashi is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in Pro Wrestling Noah.-Career:Hashi's first championship reign in NOAH came after he defeated Naomichi Marufuji for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship via stoppage; however, unsatisfied with his victory, Hashi vacated the...	1	April 7, 2002	Tokyo, Japan	Won the title at Come and Watch in Ariake.
Vacated		April 8, 2002		Hashi refused the title after winning by referee stoppage due to Marufuji injuring his knee.
Yoshinobu Kanemaru	2	May 26, 2002	Sapporo, Japan	Defeated KENTA Kenta Kobayashi , also known by his ring name KENTA, is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a former three-time Global Honored Crown Junior Heavyweight Champion... in a tournament final on the Navigation with Breeze tour.
Michael Modest Michael Modest Michael K. Cariglio is an American professional wrestler, better known by his stage name, Michael Modest . A Bay Area legend on the independent circuit scene, Modest ran the promotion Pro Wrestling IRON with tag partner Donovan Morgan and Frank Murdoch until its closure in 2005...	1	March 30, 2003	Fukuoka, Japan Fukuoka, Fukuoka is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan.Voted number 14 in a 2010 poll of the World's Most Livable Cities, Fukuoka is praised for its green spaces in a metropolitan setting. It is the most populous city in Kyushu, followed by...	Won the title on the Encountering Navigation tour.
Takashi Sugiura Takashi Sugiura is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah. Sugiura, an accomplished amateur wrestler, joined NOAH's dojo in 2000, making his professional debut on December 23, 2000, and thus becoming the first wrestler to make his pro wrestling debut in NOAH. He has also...	1	September 12, 2003	Tokyo, Japan	Won the title on the Navigation Over the Date Line tour.
Jushin Liger Jushin Liger , better known as and later, is a Japanese professional wrestler who primarily works for New Japan Pro Wrestling.He has wrestled and beaten many of the top smaller wrestlers in both Japan and the United States, and is frequently cited as one of the greatest and most revolutionary junior...	1	January 4, 2004	Tokyo, Japan	Won the title at New Japan Pro Wrestling New Japan Pro Wrestling is a major professional wrestling promotion in Japan, founded by Antonio Inoki in June 1972 and owned by Yuke's since 2005, when Inoki sold the promotion. Naoki Sugabayashi is the current President of the promotion and has held that position from 2007. Owing to its TV program aired on TV Asahi, it... 's Wrestling World.
Yoshinobu Kanemaru	3	July 10, 2004	Tokyo, Japan	Won the title at Departure.
KENTA Kenta Kobayashi , also known by his ring name KENTA, is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a former three-time Global Honored Crown Junior Heavyweight Champion...	1	July 18, 2005	Tokyo, Japan	Won the title at Destiny.
Takashi Sugiura	2	June 4, 2006	Sapporo, Japan	Won the title on the Northern Navigation tour.
Tatsuhito Takaiwa	2	December 23, 2006	Tokyo, Japan	Won the title at Pro Wrestling SEM's SEMful Gift in Differ.
Mushiking Terry Kotaro Suzuki Kotaro Suzuki , born June 18, 1978 in Warabi, Saitama is a professional wrestler who currently wrestles for Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is one half of the reigning GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.- Career :...	1	April 28, 2007	Tokyo, Japan	Won the title on the Spring Navigation tour.
Yoshinobu Kanemaru	4	October 27, 2007	Tokyo, Japan	Won the title on the Autumn Navigation tour.
Bryan Danielson Bryan Danielson Bryan Danielson is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE where he wrestles on its SmackDown brand as Daniel Bryan, and currently holds the SmackDown Money in the Bank briefcase, which enables him to have a World Heavyweight Championship match at any time of his choosing...	1	September 14, 2008	Tokyo, Japan	Won the title at Ring of Honor Ring of Honor Ring of Honor ' is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2002 by Rob Feinstein and Gabe Sapolsky. From 2004 to 2011, the promotion was under the ownership of Cary Silkin before being sold to the Sinclair Broadcast Group in May 2011... 's The Tokyo Summit.
KENTA	2	October 13, 2008	Hiroshima, Japan Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M...	Won the title on the Autumn Navigation tour.
Katsuhiko Nakajima Katsuhiko Nakajima is a Japanese professional wrestler, represented as a freelancer by his mentor Kensuke Sasaki's Kensuke Office dojo and agency. He along with Sasaki and other Kensuke Office graduates currently most frequently wrestle in Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is the current GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion in...	1	February 11, 2009	Tokyo, Japan	Won the title at Kensuke Office's Take the Dream Vol. 7.
KENTA	3	March 1, 2009	Tokyo, Japan	Won the title on the Second Navigation tour.
Vacated		October 30, 2009		Vacated due to a knee injury.
Yoshinobu Kanemaru	5	October 31, 2009	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Jushin Liger in the finals of the Jr. Heavyweight League on the Autumn Navigation tour.
Kotaro Suzuki	2	December 5, 2010	Tokyo, Japan	Won the title on the Winter Navigation tour.
Katsuhiko Nakajima	2	September 23, 2011	Tokyo, Japan	Won the title on the Shiny Navigation tour.
Vacated		October 2, 2011		Nakajima was forced to vacate the title after undergoing surgery for acute appendicitis Appendicitis Appendicitis is a condition characterized by inflammation of the appendix. It is classified as a medical emergency and many cases require removal of the inflamed appendix, either by laparotomy or laparoscopy. Untreated, mortality is high, mainly because of the risk of rupture leading to... .
Ricky Marvin Ricky Marvin Ricardo Fuentes Romero is a Mexican professional wrestler, known by his ring name Ricky Marvin and is most known for his work in the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling NOAH...	1	October 16, 2011	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Satoshi Kajiwara at Navigation Sunday 2011 in Korakuen.
Vacated		October 16, 2011		Marvin vacated the title, declaring that he wanted to earn it by defeating Katsuhiko Nakajima.
Katsuhiko Nakajima	3	November 27, 2011	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Ricky Marvin at Great Voyage 2011 in Tokyo Vol. 4.

List of individual reigns

Wrestler	Days Held	Date Won	Date Lost
Yoshinobu Kanemaru Yoshinobu Kanemaru Yoshinobu Kanemaru is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah. Kanemaru holds the records for the most reigns for both of Noah's Jr...	400	October 31, 2009	December 5, 2010
Yoshinobu Kanemaru	373	July 10, 2004	July 18, 2005
Yoshinobu Kanemaru	323	October 27, 2007	September 14, 2008
KENTA Kenta Kobayashi , also known by his ring name KENTA, is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a former three-time Global Honored Crown Junior Heavyweight Champion...	321	July 18, 2005	June 4, 2006
Yoshinobu Kanemaru	308	May 26, 2002	March 30, 2003
Kotaro Suzuki Kotaro Suzuki Kotaro Suzuki , born June 18, 1978 in Warabi, Saitama is a professional wrestler who currently wrestles for Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is one half of the reigning GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.- Career :...	292	December 5, 2010	September 23, 2011
KENTA	243	March 1 2009	October 30, 2009
Takashi Sugiura Takashi Sugiura is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah. Sugiura, an accomplished amateur wrestler, joined NOAH's dojo in 2000, making his professional debut on December 23, 2000, and thus becoming the first wrestler to make his pro wrestling debut in NOAH. He has also...	202	June 4, 2006	December 23, 2006
Jushin Liger Jushin Liger , better known as and later, is a Japanese professional wrestler who primarily works for New Japan Pro Wrestling.He has wrestled and beaten many of the top smaller wrestlers in both Japan and the United States, and is frequently cited as one of the greatest and most revolutionary junior...	188	January 4, 2004	July 10, 2004
Mushiking Terry	182	April 28 2007	October 27 2007
Michael Modest Michael Modest Michael K. Cariglio is an American professional wrestler, better known by his stage name, Michael Modest . A Bay Area legend on the independent circuit scene, Modest ran the promotion Pro Wrestling IRON with tag partner Donovan Morgan and Frank Murdoch until its closure in 2005...	166	March 30 2003	September 12 2003
Tatsuhito Takaiwa Tatsuhito Takaiwa Tatsuhito Takaiwa is a Zainichi-Korean professional wrestler. Takaiwa is one of the more well-traveled junior heavyweights in Japan, having wrestled for New Japan, and Zero-One, as well as making special appearances in All Japan and NOAH....	126	December 23 2006	April 28 2007
KENTA	121	October 14 2008	February 11 2009
Naomichi Marufuji Naomichi Marufuji is a Japanese professional wrestler who competes for Pro Wrestling Noah, with occasional appearances in other professional wrestling promotions like Ring of Honor, All Japan Pro Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling, among others. Marufuji is the first of only two Grand Slam Champion in Pro...	119	December 9, 2001	April 7, 2002
Yoshinobu Kanemaru	117	June 24, 2001	October 19, 2001
Takashi Sugiura	114	September 12, 2003	January 4, 2004
Tatsuhito Takaiwa	51	October 19, 2001	December 9, 2001
Bryan Danielson Bryan Danielson Bryan Danielson is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE where he wrestles on its SmackDown brand as Daniel Bryan, and currently holds the SmackDown Money in the Bank briefcase, which enables him to have a World Heavyweight Championship match at any time of his choosing...	29	September 14, 2008	October 13, 2008
Katsuhiko Nakajima Katsuhiko Nakajima is a Japanese professional wrestler, represented as a freelancer by his mentor Kensuke Sasaki's Kensuke Office dojo and agency. He along with Sasaki and other Kensuke Office graduates currently most frequently wrestle in Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is the current GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion in...	18	February 11, 2009	March 1, 2009
Katsuhiko Nakajima	9	September 23, 2011	October 2, 2011
Katsuhiko Nakajima	+	November 27, 2011	*Current champion*
Makoto Hashi Makoto Hashi is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in Pro Wrestling Noah.-Career:Hashi's first championship reign in NOAH came after he defeated Naomichi Marufuji for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship via stoppage; however, unsatisfied with his victory, Hashi vacated the...	1	April 7, 2002	April 8, 2002
Ricky Marvin Ricky Marvin Ricardo Fuentes Romero is a Mexican professional wrestler, known by his ring name Ricky Marvin and is most known for his work in the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling NOAH...	<1	October 16, 2011	October 16, 2011

List of combined reigns

Rank	Wrestler	# Of Reigns	Combined Days
1.	Yoshinobu Kanemaru Yoshinobu Kanemaru Yoshinobu Kanemaru is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah. Kanemaru holds the records for the most reigns for both of Noah's Jr...	5	1521
2.	KENTA Kenta is a masculine Japanese given name, and may refer to:* Kenta, Swedish musician * KENTA, Japanese professional wrestler * Kenta Kobashi, Japanese professional wrestler...	3	685
3.	Mushiking Terry / Kotaro Suzuki Kotaro Suzuki Kotaro Suzuki , born June 18, 1978 in Warabi, Saitama is a professional wrestler who currently wrestles for Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is one half of the reigning GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.- Career :...	2	474
4.	Takashi Sugiura Takashi Sugiura is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah. Sugiura, an accomplished amateur wrestler, joined NOAH's dojo in 2000, making his professional debut on December 23, 2000, and thus becoming the first wrestler to make his pro wrestling debut in NOAH. He has also...	2	316
5.	Jushin Liger Jushin Liger , better known as and later, is a Japanese professional wrestler who primarily works for New Japan Pro Wrestling.He has wrestled and beaten many of the top smaller wrestlers in both Japan and the United States, and is frequently cited as one of the greatest and most revolutionary junior...	1	188
6.	Tatsuhito Takaiwa Tatsuhito Takaiwa Tatsuhito Takaiwa is a Zainichi-Korean professional wrestler. Takaiwa is one of the more well-traveled junior heavyweights in Japan, having wrestled for New Japan, and Zero-One, as well as making special appearances in All Japan and NOAH....	2	177
7.	Michael Modest Michael Modest Michael K. Cariglio is an American professional wrestler, better known by his stage name, Michael Modest . A Bay Area legend on the independent circuit scene, Modest ran the promotion Pro Wrestling IRON with tag partner Donovan Morgan and Frank Murdoch until its closure in 2005...	1	166
8.	Naomichi Marufuji Naomichi Marufuji is a Japanese professional wrestler who competes for Pro Wrestling Noah, with occasional appearances in other professional wrestling promotions like Ring of Honor, All Japan Pro Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling, among others. Marufuji is the first of only two Grand Slam Champion in Pro...	1	119
9.	Bryan Danielson Bryan Danielson Bryan Danielson is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE where he wrestles on its SmackDown brand as Daniel Bryan, and currently holds the SmackDown Money in the Bank briefcase, which enables him to have a World Heavyweight Championship match at any time of his choosing...	1	29
10.	Katsuhiko Nakajima Katsuhiko Nakajima is a Japanese professional wrestler, represented as a freelancer by his mentor Kensuke Sasaki's Kensuke Office dojo and agency. He along with Sasaki and other Kensuke Office graduates currently most frequently wrestle in Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is the current GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion in...	3	+
11.	Makoto Hashi Makoto Hashi is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in Pro Wrestling Noah.-Career:Hashi's first championship reign in NOAH came after he defeated Naomichi Marufuji for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship via stoppage; however, unsatisfied with his victory, Hashi vacated the...	1	1
12.	Ricky Marvin Ricky Marvin Ricardo Fuentes Romero is a Mexican professional wrestler, known by his ring name Ricky Marvin and is most known for his work in the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling NOAH...	1	<1

Title history

List of individual reigns

List of combined reigns

See also