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GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Current championship design
Details
PromotionPro Wrestling Noah
Date establishedJuly 16, 2003
Current champion(s)Stinger
(Hayata and Yoshinari Ogawa)
Date wonNovember 22, 2020
Statistics
First champion(s)Kenta and Naomichi Marufuji
Most reignsAs a team: Momo no Seishun Tag
(Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada) (4 reigns)
As individual: Atsushi Kotoge (7 reigns)
Longest reignKenta and Naomichi Marufuji (690 days)
Shortest reignMinoru Tanaka and Yoshinari Ogawa (1 day)
Oldest championYoshinari Ogawa (54 years, 20 days)
Youngest championMark Briscoe (21 years, 354 days)
Heaviest championJay Briscoe (233 lb)
Lightest championYo-Hey (154 lb)

The Global Honored Crown (GHC) Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team title in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah, contested exclusively among junior heavyweight wrestlers. It was created on July 16, 2003 when Kenta and Naomichi Marufuji defeated Jushin Thunder Liger and Takehiro Murahama in a tournament final.[1][2] It is currently one of two tag team titles in Noah, along with the typically heavyweight GHC Tag Team Championship. Although the weight limit is (100 kg (220 lb)), Mark Briscoe and Jay Briscoe won the titles weighing slightly more than the limit back on January 7, 2007.

Reigns

There have been a total of 38 recognized individual champions and 32 recognized teams, who have had a combined 42 official reigns. Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada have the most reigns as a tag team at 4. The most reigns as an individual wrestler are held by Atsushi Kotoge at a total of 7. Kenta and Naomichi Marufuji are the longest reigning champions at 690 days straight. The longest combined reigning champion as well as the wrestler with the most defenses is Kotaro Suzuki who held one half of the titles for 1,515 days with a number of 24 defenses teaming up with 5 different partners. The current champions are Hayata and Yoshinari Ogawa who are in their second reign.

Title history

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different
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 Kenta and Naomichi Marufuji July 16, 2003 Accomplish Our Third Navigation Osaka, Japan 1 690 9 Defeated Jushin Thunder Liger and Takehiro Murahama in a tournament final.[2][3]
2 Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Takashi Sugiura June 5, 2005 Navigation with Breeze Sapporo, Japan 1 273 2 [4]
3 Minoru Fujita and Ikuto Hidaka March 5, 2006 Navigate for Evolution 2006 Tokyo, Japan 1 161 2 [5]
4 Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Takashi Sugiura August 13, 2006 Navigation Tokyo, Japan 2 147 1 [6]
5 The Briscoe Brothers
(Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) 		January 7, 2007 The First Navigation '07 Tokyo, Japan 1 14 0 [7]
6 Ricky Marvin and Kotaro Suzuki January 21, 2007 The First Navigation '07 Tokyo, Japan 1 307 5 [7]
7 Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino November 24, 2007 Winter Navigation '07 Sapporo, Japan 1 52 1 [8]
8 BxB Hulk and Shingo Takagi January 15, 2008 Dragon Gate's 2008 Primal Gate tour Tokyo, Japan 1 65 0 [9]
9 Taiji Ishimori and Kenta (2) March 20, 2008 Dragon Gate's The Gate of Generation Tokyo, Japan 1 115 2
10 Yoshinobu Kanemaru (3) and Kotaro Suzuki (2) July 13, 2008 Summer Navigation '08 Fukuoka, Japan 1 553 6
— Vacated January 17, 2010 — — — — — Vacated due to Suzuki suffering a knee injury.
11 Ricky Marvin (2) and Taiji Ishimori (2) February 18, 2010 The Second Navigation '10 Osaka, Japan 1 185 2 Defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Genba Hirayanagi in a tournament final.
12 Koji Kanemoto and Tiger Mask August 22, 2010 New Navigation '10 in Tokyo Tokyo, Japan 1 124 2
13 Atsushi Aoki and Naomichi Marufuji (2) December 24, 2010 Noahful Gift in Differ 2010 Tokyo, Japan 1 126 2
— Vacated April 29, 2011 — — — — — Vacated due to Marufuji suffering an injury.
14 No Mercy
(Kenta (3) and Yoshinobu Kanemaru (4)) 		May 25, 2011 The Weekday Navigation 2011 in Korakuen Tokyo, Japan 1 144 1 Defeated Atsushi Aoki and Kotaro Suzuki to win the vacant title.
15 ANMU
(Atsushi Aoki (2) and Kotaro Suzuki (3)) 		October 16, 2011 The Navigation Sunday 2011 in Korakuen Tokyo, Japan 1 280 7
16 Los Mexitosos
(Ricky Marvin (3) and Super Crazy) 		July 22, 2012 Great Voyage 2012 in Ryogoku Tokyo, Japan 1 231 4
17 No Mercy
(Genba Hirayanagi and Maybach Taniguchi Jr./Suwa) 		March 10, 2013 Great Voyage 2013 in Yokohama Yokohama, Japan 1 81 1 Taniguchi, Jr. was unmasked as Suwa during the reign.
— Vacated May 30, 2013 — — — — — Vacated due to Suwa suffering a neck injury.
18 Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask (2) July 28, 2013 7th NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight League Tokyo, Japan 1 132 4 Defeated Atsushi Kotoge and Taiji Ishimori in the finals of the 2013 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League to win the vacant title.
19 Yoshinari Ogawa and Zack Sabre, Jr. December 7, 2013 Great Voyage 2013 in Tokyo Vol. 2 Tokyo, Japan 1 104 1
20 BRAVE
(Atsushi Kotoge and Taiji Ishimori (3)) 		March 21, 2014 Spring Navigation 2014 Tokyo, Japan 1 22 0
21 Yoshinari Ogawa and Zack Sabre, Jr. April 12, 2014 Global Tag League 2014 Tokyo, Japan 2 84 1
22 BRAVE
(Atsushi Kotoge (2) and Taiji Ishimori (4)) 		July 5, 2014 Great Voyage 2014 in Tokyo Vol. 2 Tokyo, Japan 2 99 0
23 Choukibou-gun
(Hajime Ohara and Kenoh) 		October 12, 2014 Great Voyage 2014 in Yokohama Yokohama, Japan 1 154 3
24 Suzuki-gun
(El Desperado and Taka Michinoku) 		March 15, 2015 Great Voyage 2015 in Tokyo Tokyo, Japan 1 203 4 This was a three-way match, also involving Daisuke Harada and Genba Hirayanagi.
25 Momo no Seishun Tag
(Atsushi Kotoge (3) and Daisuke Harada) 		October 4, 2015 Great Voyage 2015 in Nagoya Nagoya, Japan 1 167 3
26 KenOhara
(Hajime Ohara and Kenoh) 		March 19, 2016 Great Voyage 2016 in Korakuen Tokyo, Japan 2 17 0 KenOhara were previously known as Choukibou-gun.
27 Momo no Seishun Tag
(Atsushi Kotoge (4) and Daisuke Harada (2)) 		April 5, 2016 Spring Navigation 2016 Vol.2 Tokyo, Japan 2 186 4
28 World Class Tag Team
(Gedo and Jado) 		October 8, 2016 Autumn Navig. 2016 Tokyo, Japan 1 77 1
29 Momo no Seishun Tag
(Atsushi Kotoge (5) and Daisuke Harada (3)) 		December 24, 2016 Winter Navig. 2016 Tokyo, Japan 3 2 0
— Vacated December 26, 2016 — — — — — Title vacated due to Kotoge moving to the heavyweight division.
30 XX
(Hi69 and Taiji Ishimori (5)) 		February 18, 2017 The Second Navig. 2017 Fukuoka, Japan 1 189 2 Defeated Hayata and Yo-Hey to win the vacant title.
31 Ratel's
(Hayata and Yo-Hey) 		August 26, 2017 Summer Navigation 2017 Vol. 2 Tokyo, Japan 1 154 3
32 XX
(Hi69 (2) and Taiji Ishimori (6)) 		January 27, 2018 Navigation For The Future 2018 Osaka, Japan 2 43 0
33 Yoshinari Ogawa (3) and Minoru Tanaka March 11, 2018 Great Voyage 2018 in Yokohama Osaka, Japan 1 1 0
— Vacated March 12, 2018 — — — — — Ogawa vacated the titles when he knew Taiji Ishimori left Noah.
34 Hi69 (3) and Minoru Tanaka (2) April 15, 2018 Navigation To The Northern Cross Osaka, Japan 1 245 4 Defeated RATEL'S (HAYATA and YO-HEY) to win the vacant title.
35 Back Breakers
(Hajime Ohara (3) and Hitoshi Kumano) 		December 16, 2018 Great Voyage in Yokohama Vol. 2 Yokohama, Japan 1 70 1
36 Stinger
(Yoshinari Ogawa (4) and Kotaro Suzuki) (4) 		February 24, 2019 Navigation for the Progress 2019 Tokyo, Japan 1 251 5
37 RATEL'S
(Daisuke Harada (4) and Tadasuke 		November 2, 2019 NOAH The Best 2019 ~ Battle Of Aesthetics ~ Tokyo, Japan 1 24 0
38 Stinger
(Kotaro Suzuki (5) and Atsushi Kotoge (6) 		November 26, 2019 NOAH Starting Over 2019 Niigata, Japan 1 124 1
39 Ratel's
(Hayata and Yo-Hey) 		March 29, 2020 Pro Wrestling NOAH 20th Anniversary ~ NOAH The Chronicle Vol.2 ~ Tokyo, Japan 2 41 1
— Vacated May 9, 2020 — — — — — Vacated due to Hayata turning on Yo-Hey during a title defense against Yoshinari Ogawa and Kotaro Suzuki.
40 Stinger
(Hayata (3) and Yoshinari Ogawa (5)) 		May 10, 2020 Muta Fantasia Kawasaki, Japan 1 154 3 Defeated Yo-Hey and Tadasuke to win the vacant titles.
41 Momo no Seishun Tag
(Atsushi Kotoge (7) and Daisuke Harada (5)) 		October 11, 2020 NOAH N-1 Victory 2020 Osaka, Japan 4 42 1
42 Stinger
(Hayata (4) and Yoshinari Ogawa (6)) 		November 22, 2020 NOAH Pro Wrestling NOAH 20th Anniversary ~ NOAH The Chronicle Vol. 4 Yokohama, Japan 2 1,304+ 2

Combined reigns

As of June 18, 2024.

Record longest reigning and Inaugural champions Kenta (left) and Naomichi Marufuji (right)
† Indicates the current champion

By team

Rank Team No. of
reigns 		Combined
defenses 		Combined days
1 Kenta and Naomichi Marufuji 1 9 690
2 Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Kotaro Suzuki 1 6 553
3 Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Takashi Sugiura 2 3 420
4 Momo no Seishun Tag
(Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada)		 4 8 397
5 Ricky Marvin and Kotaro Suzuki 1 5 307
6 ANMU
(Atsushi Aoki and Kotaro Suzuki)		 1 7 280
7 Stinger
(Yoshinari Ogawa and Kotaro Suzuki)		 1 5 251
8 Hi69 and Minoru Tanaka 1 4 245
9 XX
(Hi69 and Taiji Ishimori)		 2 2 232
10 Los Mexitosos
(Ricky Marvin and Super Crazy)		 1 4 231
11 Stinger †
(Hayata and Yoshinari Ogawa)		 2 5 1,458+
12 Suzuki-gun
(El Desperado and Taka Michinoku)		 1 4 203
13 Ratel's
(Hayata and Yo-Hey)		 2 3 195
14 Yoshinari Ogawa and Zack Sabre, Jr. 2 2 188
15 Ricky Marvin and Taiji Ishimori 1 2 185
16 Choukibou-gun/KenOhara
(Hajime Ohara and Kenoh)		 2 3 171
17 Minoru Fujita and Ikuto Hidaka 1 2 161
18 No Mercy
(Kenta and Yoshinobu Kanemaru)		 1 1 144
19 Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask 1 4 132
20 Atsushi Aoki and Naomichi Marufuji 1 2 126
21 Koji Kanemoto and Tiger Mask 1 2 124
22 Stinger
(Kotaro Suzuki and Atsushi Kotoge)		 1 1 124
23 BRAVE
(Atsushi Kotoge and Taiji Ishimori)		 2 0 121
24 Taiji Ishimori and Kenta 1 2 115
25 No Mercy
(Genba Hirayanagi and Maybach Taniguchi Jr./Suwa)		 1 1 81
26 World Class Tag Team
(Gedo and Jado)		 1 1 77
27 Back Breakers
(Hajime Ohara and Hitoshi Kumano)		 1 1 70
28 BxB Hulk and Shingo Takagi 1 0 65
29 Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino 1 1 52
30 RATEL'S
(Daisuke Harada and Tadasuke)		 1 0 24
31 The Briscoe Brothers
(Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)		 1 0 14
32 Yoshinari Ogawa and Minoru Tanaka 1 0 1

By wrestler

Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
defenses 		Combined days
1 Kotaro Suzuki 5 24 1,515
2 Yoshinobu Kanemaru 4 10 1,117
3 Kenta 3 12 949
4 Naomichi Marufuji 2 11 816
5 Ricky Marvin 3 11 723
6 Yoshinari Ogawa † 6 11 1898+
7 Taiji Ishimori 6 6 653
8 Atsushi Kotoge 7 9 642
9 Hi69 3 6 477
10 Daisuke Harada 5 8 421
11 Takashi Sugiura 2 3 420
12 Hayata † 4 7 1659+
13 Atsushi Aoki 2 9 406
14 Tiger Mask 2 6 256
15 Minoru Tanaka 2 4 246
16 Hajime Ohara 3 4 241
17 Super Crazy 1 4 231
18 El Desperado 1 4 203
Taka Michinoku 1 4 203
20 Yo-Hey 2 3 201
21 Zack Sabre, Jr. 2 2 188
22 Kenoh 2 3 171
23 Minoru Fujita 1 2 161
Ikuto Hidaka 1 2 161
25 Jushin Thunder Liger 1 4 132
26 Koji Kanemoto 1 2 124
27 Genba Hirayanagi 1 1 81
Suwa 1 1 81
29 Gedo 1 1 77
Jado 1 1 77
31 Hitoshi Kumano 1 1 70
32 BxB Hulk 1 0 65
Shingo Takagi 1 0 65
34 Naruki Doi 1 1 52
Masato Yoshino 1 1 52
36 Tadasuke 1 0 24
37 Jay Briscoe 1 0 14
Mark Briscoe 1 0 14

See also

References

  1. ^ "GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship title history". TitleHistories.com. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
  2. ^ a b "We are the champions (as of February 11)". Power Slam Magazine. Lancaster, Lancashire, England: SW Publishing LTD. March 2005. p. 15. 116.
  3. ^ "NOAH Accomplish Our Third Navigation tour results". Green Destiny. Archived from the original on 2008-02-18. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
  4. ^ "NOAH Navigation with Breeze tour results". Green Destiny. Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
  5. ^ "NOAH Navigate for Evolution tour results" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
  6. ^ "NOAH Navigation results, August 13 to August 14, 2006" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
  7. ^ a b "NOAH The First Navigation tour results" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
  8. ^ "NOAH Winter Navigation tour results" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved 2007-11-24.
  9. ^ "Global Honored Crown Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title". Wrestling Titles. Retrieved 2008-02-16.

External links

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