GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship


The Global Honored Crown Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah, contested exclusively among junior heavyweight wrestlers. It was created in 2001 when Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Juventud Guerrera in a 12-man tournament final. In addition to Japan, the title has also been defended in the United States, United Kingdom and Germany.
, 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.

Title history

Combined reigns

As of ,.
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined days
1Yoshinobu Kanemaru7281,876
2Daisuke Harada518909
3Hayata519765
4Mushiking Terry/Kotaro Suzuki414724
5Kenta312685
6Taiji Ishimori312566
7Daga27373
8Takashi Sugiura23316
9Atsushi Kotoge36298
10Taichi14283
11Amakusa †34+
12Katsuhiko Nakajima34191
13Jyushin Thunder Liger15188
14Tatsuhito Takaiwa23177
15Eita23169
16Michael Modest12166
17Minoru Tanaka11147
18Hajime Ohara12140
19Yo-Hey14128
20Shuji Kondo13120
21Naomichi Marufuji11119
22Hiromu Takahashi12115
23Yoshinari Ogawa11106
24Dante Leon1043
25Seiki Yoshioka1030
26Bryan Danielson1129
27Ninja Mack1011
28Makoto Hashi101
29Ricky Marvin10<1

Belt design

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