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The GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (GHCジュニアヘビー級タッグ王座, GHC Junia hebī-kyū Taggu Ōza) is the secondary tag team championship in the Pro Wrestling NOAH (NOAH) promotion. that is contested in the junior heavyweight division. "GHC" is the acronym of NOAH's governing body, the Global Honored Crown. The title was created on July 16, 2003, when Naomichi Marufuji and KENTA defeated Jushin Thunder Liger and Takehiro Murahama in a tournament final. The GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is not the only tag team title contested for in NOAH; the GHC Tag Team Championship is also sanctioned by NOAH. The title is contested by junior heavyweight wrestlers; the weight limit for the title is 100 kg (220 lb) per partner. All GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title matches and contract signings were overseen and introduced by NOAH title commissioner Joe Higuchi until his death in October 2010 until he was replaced by Harley Race.

Overview[]

The title has been held and defended by teams outside NOAH, including New Japan Pro Wrestling, Dragon Gate, and Ring Of Honor, and also defended in these promotions. Title changes happen mostly at NOAH-promoted events. Minoru Fujita and Ikuto Hidaka, a Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1) tag team, defeated then-reigning champions Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Takashi Sugiura on March 5, 2006 at Navigate For Evolution 2006: Haruka Eigen Goodbye Tour on the tenth day. Their reign lasted until August 13, 2006, when they lost the titles back to Kanemaru and Sugiura at the NOAH Navigation. During that time, they had two successful defenses; held by Zero1 due to a pre-existing relationship and an agreement with NOAH. Their first defense in Zero1 was a match against Tatsuhito Takaiwa and Yoshihito Sasaki, which occurred on April 13, 2006. On June 24, 2006, they made their second and last defense against STONED (Kagetora and Takuya Sugawara).

Tournament[]

NOAH held an 8-man tournament to crown the first champion, held over its month-long, 6-event Accomplish Our Third Navigation tour. The tour was held from July 6 through July 13, 2003.

  First Round Semifinals Finals
                           
  July 6  KENTA and Naomichi Marufuji Pin  
Tokyo  Mitsuo Momota and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi 16:04  
  July 12  KENTA and Naomichi Marufuji Pin  
  Nanao, Ishikawa  Tatsuhito Takaiwa and Yoshihito Sasaki 15:48  
July 10  Ricky Marvin and Superstar Steve 17:28
  Kyoto  Tatsuhito Takaiwa and Yoshihito Sasaki Pin  
    July 16  KENTA and Naomichi Marufuji Pin
  Osaka  Jushin Thunder Liger and Takehiro Murahama 24:27
  July 9  Jushin Thunder Liger and Takehiro Murahama Pin  
Kochi  Kotaro Suzuki and Makoto Hashi 16:55  
  July 13  Jushin Thunder Liger and Takehiro Murahama Pin
  Neagari, Ishikawa  Takashi Sugiura and Yoshinobu Kanemaru 16:22  
July 7  Takashi Sugiura and Yoshinobu Kanemaru Pin
  Tsushima, Nagasaki  Donovan Morgan and Michael Modest 16:11  

Title History[]

# Tag Team
(Individual Reigns)
Team Reigns Date Location Length Defenses Notes
1 KENTA and Naomichi Marufuji 1 July 16, 2003 Osaka 690 Days 9 Defeated Jushin Thunder Liger and Takehiro Murahama in a tournament final.
2 Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Takashi Sugiura 1 June 5, 2005 Sapporo 334 Days 2
3 Minoru Fujita and Ikuto Hidaka 1 March 5, 2006 Tokyo 100 Days 1
4 Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Takashi Sugiura 2 August 13, 2006 Tokyo 147 Days 1
5 The Briscoe Brothers
(Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)
1 January 7, 2007 Tokyo 14 Days 0
6 Ricky Marvin and Kotaro Suzuki 1 January 21, 2007 Tokyo 307 Days 5
7 Speed Muscle
(Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino)
1 November 24, 2007 Sapporo 52 Days 1
8 New Hazard
(BxB Hulk and Shingo Takagi)
1 January 15, 2008 Tokyo 65 Days 0
9 Taiji Ishimori and KENTA (2) 1 March 20, 2008 Tokyo 115 Days 2
10 Disobey
(Yoshinobu Kanemaru (3) and Kotaro Suzuki (2))
1 July 13, 2008 Tokyo 553 Days 6
Vacated January 17, 2010 Vacated due to Suzuki suffering a knee injury.
11 Ricky Marvin (2) and Taiji Ishimori (2) 1 February 18, 2010 Osaka 187 Days 2 Defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Genba Hirayanagi in a tournament final.
12 Koji Kanemoto and Tiger Mask IV 1 August 22, 2010 Tokyo 124 Days 2
13 Atsushi Aoki and Naomichi Marufuji (2) 1 December 24, 2010 Tokyo 126 Days 2
Vacated April 29, 2011 Vacated due to Marufuji suffering an injury.
14 No Mercy
(KENTA (3) and Yoshinobu Kanemaru (4))
1 May 25, 2011 Tokyo 144 Days 1 Defeated Atsushi Aoki and Kotaro Suzuki to win the vacant title.
15 ANMU
(Atsushi Aoki (2) and Kotaro Suzuki (3))
1 October 16, 2011 Tokyo 280 Days 7
16 Los Mexitosos
(Ricky Marvin (3) and Super Crazy)
1 July 22, 2012 Tokyo 231 Days 4
17 No Mercy
(Genba Hirayanagi and Maybach Taniguchi Jr./SUWA)
1 March 10, 2013 Yokohama 81 Days 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 IV (2) 1 July 28, 2013 Tokyo 132 Days 4 Defeated Atsushi Kotoge and Taiji Ishimori in the finals of the 2013 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League to win the vacant titles.
19 Yoshinari Ogawa and Zack Sabre Jr. 1 December 7, 2013 Tokyo 104 Days 1
20 BRAVE
(Atsushi Kotoge and Taiji Ishimori (3))
1 March 21, 2014 Tokyo 22 Days 0
21 Yoshinari Ogawa and Zack Sabre Jr. 2 April 12, 2014 Tokyo 84 Days 1
22 BRAVE
(Atsushi Kotoge (2) and Taiji Ishimori (4))
2 July 5, 2014 Tokyo 99 Days 0
23 Choukibou-gun
(Kenou and Hajime Ohara)
1 October 12, 2014 Yokohama 154 Days 3
24 Suzuki-gun
(El Desperado and Taka Michinoku)
1 March 15, 2015 Tokyo 203 Days 4 This was a three-way match, also involving Daisuke Harada and Genba Hirayanagi.
25 Momo no Seishun
(Atsushi Kotoge (3) and Daisuke Harada)
1 October 4, 2015 Nagoya 167 Days 3
26 KenOhara
(Kenoh and Hajime Ohara)
2 March 19, 2016 Tokyo 17 Days 0
27 Momo no Seishun
(Atsushi Kotoge (4) and Daisuke Harada (2))
2 April 5, 2016 Tokyo 186 Days 5
28 The World Class Tag Team
(Gedo and Jado)
1 October 8, 2016 Tokyo 77 Days 1
29 Momo no Seishun
(Atsushi Kotoge (5) and Daisuke Harada (3))
3 December 24, 2016 Tokyo 2 Days 0
Vacated December 26, 2016 Title vacated due to Kotoge moving to the heavyweight division.
30 XX
(Taiji Ishimori (5) and Hi69)
1 February 18, 2017 Yokohama 189 Days 2 Defeated HAYATA and YO-HEY to win the vacant title.
31 RATEL'S
(HAYATA and YO-HEY)
1 August 26, 2017 Tokyo 154 Days 3
32 XX
(Taiji Ishimori (6) and Hi69 (2))
2 January 27, 2018 Osaka 43 Days 0
33 Minoru Tanaka and Yosinari Ogawa (3) 1 March 11, 2018 Yokohama 2 Days 0
Vacated March 13, 2018 Tanaka and Ogawa voluntarily vacated the titles.
34 Hi69 (3) and Minoru Tanaka (2) 1 April 15, 2018 Hokkaido 245 Days 4 Defeated RATEL'S (HAYATA and YO-HEY) in a tournament finals to win the vacant title.
35 Back Breakers
(Hajime Ohara (2) and Hitoshi Kumano)
1 December 16, 2018 Yokohama 70 Days 1
36 Stinger
Kotaro Suzuki (4) and Yoshinari Ogawa (4)
1 February 24, 2019 Tokyo 251 Days 5 During their reign, Ogawa and Suzuki formed the Stinger stable.
37 RATEL'S
Daisuke Harada (4) and Tadasuke
1 November 2, 2019 Tokyo 24 Days 0
38 Stinger
Kotaro Suzuki (5) and Atsushi Kotoge (6)
1 November 26, 2019 Niigata 124 Days 1
39 RATEL'S
(HAYATA and YO-HEY)
2 March 29, 2020 Tokyo 41 Days 1
Vacated May 9, 2020 The title were declared vacated due to HAYATA turning on YO-HEY during a title defense against Kotaro Suzuki and Yoshinari Ogawa.
40 Stinger
(HAYATA (3) and Yoshinari Ogawa (5))
1 May 10, 2020 Kanagawa 154 Days 1
41 Momo no Seishun
(Atsushi Kotoge (7) and Daisuke Harada (4))
4 October 11, 2020 Osaka 42 Days 1
42 Stinger
(HAYATA (4) and Yoshinari Ogawa (6))
2 November 22, 2020 Yokohama 190 Days 5
43 Daisuke Harada (6) and Hajime Ohara (4) 1 May 21, 2021 Tokyo 62 Days 1
44 Scramble Time
(Seiki Yoshioka and Yuya Susumu)
1 August 1, 2021 Hiroshima 42 Days 1
45 Atsushi Kotoge (8) and Hajime Ohara (5) 1 September 12, 2021 Tokyo 28 Days 0
46 Los Perros del Mal de Japón
(Eita and Nosawa Rongai)
1 October 10, 2021 Osaka 49 Days 1
47 Stinger
(HAYATA (5) and Yoshinari Ogawa (7))
3 November 28, 2021 Tokyo 52 Days 1
Vacated January 19, 2022 Vacated due to Ogawa testing positive for the COVID-19.
48 Scramble Time
(Seiki Yoshioka and Yuya Susumu)
2 January 22, 2022 Tokyo 20 Days 0 Defeated Atsushi Kotoge and Hajime Ohara to win the vacant titles.
Vacated February 11, 2022 Vacated after Yoshioka was sidelined with an heel injury.
49 Atsushi Kotoge (9) and YO-HEY (3) 1 February 23, 2022 Tokyo 65 Days 2 Defeated Stinger (HAYATA and Yuya Susumu) to win the vacant titles.
50 Stinger
(Chris Ridgeway and Yoshinari Ogawa (8))
1 April 29, 2022 Tokyo 149 Days 1
51 Atsushi Kotoge (10) and Seiki Yoshioka (3) 1 September 25, 2022 Nagoya 46 Days 1
52 KONGOH
Hajime Ohara (6) and Shuji Kondo
1 November 10, 2022 Tokyo 13 Days 0
53 Atsushi Kotoge (11) and Seiki Yoshioka (4) 2 November 23, 2022 Tokyo 30 Days 0
54 Kzy and YO-HEY (4) 1 December 23, 2022 Tokyo 9 Days 0
55 Eita (2) and Yoshinari Ogawa (9) 1 January 1, 2023 Tokyo 105 Days 2
56 Good Looking Guys
(Tadasuke (2) and YO-HEY (5))
1 April 16, 2023 Sendai 67 Days 2
57 Stinger
Chris Ridgeway (2) and Daga
1 June 22, 2023 Tokyo 75 Days 0
Vacated September 5, 2023 Vacated after Ridgeway left for NOAH for personal reasons.
58 Los Golpeadores
Alpha Wolf and Dragon Bane
1 September 24, 2023 Nagoya 100 Days 1 Defeated Alejandro and Ninja Mack in a decision match to win the vacant titles.
59 Good Looking Guys
(Tadasuke (3) and YO-HEY (6))
2 Janaury 2, 2024 Tokyo 77+ 3 This was a three-way match also involving Alejandro and Ninja Mack.

Combined reigns[]

As of March 19, 2024.

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 6 553
3 Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Takashi Sugiura 2 3 420
4 Momo no Seishun
(Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada)
4 8 397
5 Stinger
(HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa)
3 8 396
6 Ricky Marvin and Kotaro Suzuki 1 5 307
7 ANMU
(Atsushi Aoki and Kotaro Suzuki)
7 280
8 Stinger
(Yoshinari Ogawa and Kotaro Suzuki)
5 251
9 Hi69 and Minoru Tanaka 4 245
10 XX
(Taiji Ishimori and Hi69)
2 2 232
11 Los Mexitosos
(Ricky Marvin and Super Crazy)
1 4 231
12 Suzuki-gun
(El Desperado and Taka Michinoku)
203
13 RATEL'S
(HAYATA and YO-HEY)
2 3 195
14 Yoshinari Ogawa and Zack Sabre Jr. 2 188
15 Ricky Marvin and Taiji Ishimori 1 185
16 Choukibou-gun/KenOhara
(Hajime Ohara and Kenoh)
2 3 171
17 Minoru Fujita and Ikuto Hidaka 1 2 161
18 Stinger
(Yoshinari Ogawa and Chris Ridgeway)
1 149
19 No Mercy
(KENTA and Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
144
20 Good Looking Guys
(Tadasuke and YO-HEY)
2 5 144+
21 Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask 1 4 132
22 Atsushi Aoki and Naomichi Marufuji 2 126
23 Koji Kanemoto and Tiger Mask 124
24 Stinger
(Kotaro Suzuki and Atsushi Kotoge)
1
25 BRAVE
(Atsushi Kotoge and Taiji Ishimori)
2 0 121
26 Taiji Ishimori and KENTA 1 2 115
27 Eita and Yoshinari Ogawa 105
28 Los Golpeadores
(Alpha Wolf and Dragon Bane)
1 100
29 No Mercy
(Genba Hirayanagi and Maybach Taniguchi Jr./SUWA)
81
30 The World Class Tag Team
(Jado and Gedo)
77
31 Atsushi Kotoge and Seiki Yoshioka 2 0 76
32 Stinger
(Chris Ridgeway and Daga)
1 75
33 Back Breakers
(Hajime Ohara and Hitoshi Kumano)
1 70
34 BxB Hulk and Shingo Takagi 0 65
Atsushi Kotoge and YO-HEY 2
35 Daisuke Harada and Hajime Ohara 1 62
Scramble Time
(Seiki Yoshioka and Yuya Susumu)
2 1
36 Speed Muscle
(Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino)
1 52
37 Los Perros del Mal de Japon
(Eita and Nosawa Rongai)
49
38 Atsushi Kotoge and Hajime Ohara 0 28
39 RATEL'S
(Daisuke Harada and Tadasuke)
24
40 The Briscoe Brothers
(Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)
14
41 KONGOH
(Shuji Kondo and Hajime Ohara)
13
42 Kzy and YO-HEY 9
43 Yoshinari Ogawa and Minoru Tanaka 2

By wrestler[]

As of March 19, 2024.

Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined
days
1 Kotaro Suzuki 5 24 1,515
2 Yoshinobu Kanemaru 4 10 1,117
3 Yoshinari Ogawa 9 20 1090
4 KENTA 3 12 949
5 Naomichi Marufuji 2 11 816
6 Atsushi Kotoge 11 812
7 Ricky Marvin 3 723
8 Taiji Ishimori 6 6 653
9 HAYATA 5 12 591
10 Daisuke Harada 6 9 483
11 Hi69 3 6 477
12 Takashi Sugiura 2 3 420
13 YO-HEY 6 12 413+
14 Atsushi Aoki 2 9 406
15 Hajime Ohara 6 5 344
16 Tiger Mask 2 6 256
17 Minoru Tanaka 4 246
18 Chris Ridgeway 1 236
19 Super Crazy 1 4 231
20 El Desperado 203
Taka Michinoku
21 Zack Sabre Jr. 2 2 188
22 Kenoh 3 171
23 Tadasuke 3 5 168+
24 Minoru Fujita 1 2 161
Ikuto Hidaka
25 Eita 2 3 154
26

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27 Jushin Thunder Liger 1 4 132
28 Koji Kanemoto 2 124
29 Alpha Wolf 1 100
Dragon Bane
30 Genba Hirayanagi 81
SUWA
31 Jado 77
Gedo
32 Daga 0 75
33 Hitoshi Kumano 1 70
34 BxB Hulk 0 65
Shingo Takagi
35 Yuya Susumu 2 1 62
35 Naruki Doi 1 1 52
Masato Yoshino
37 Nosawa Rongai 49
38 Jay Briscoe 0 14
Mark Briscoe
39 Shuji Kondo 13
40 Kzy 9

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