GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
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.
| GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Pro Wrestling Noah | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | July 16, 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Stinger (Hayata and Yoshinari Ogawa) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | November 22, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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
| 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 | 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] | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | 77+ | 2 | ||
Combined reigns
As of February 7, 2021.
Record longest reigning and Inaugural champions Kenta (left) and Naomichi Marufuji (right)
| † | Indicates the current champion |
|---|
By team
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 | 671+ |
| 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 | 432+ |
| 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
- "GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship title history". TitleHistories.com. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
- "We are the champions (as of February 11)". Power Slam Magazine. Lancaster, Lancashire, England: SW Publishing LTD. March 2005. p. 15. 116.
- "NOAH Navigation with Breeze tour results". Green Destiny. Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
- "NOAH Navigate for Evolution tour results" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
- "NOAH The First Navigation tour results" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
- "NOAH Winter Navigation tour results" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved 2007-11-24.
- "Global Honored Crown Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title". Wrestling Titles. Retrieved 2008-02-16.
External links
- Official title history at noah.co.jp (in Japanese)
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