GHC Heavyweight Championship

On this page, you find the full Title History for the GHC Heavyweight Championship, with all Championship Info, Statistics, the Belt Design changes through the years, and the full list of Title Reigns, along with dates, events, and reign durations.

The GHC Heavyweight Championship is a World Title contested in Pro Wrestling NOAH on the Heavyweight brand, by men wrestlers.

The championship was first established on April 15, 2001, and the inaugural champion was Mitsuharu Misawa.

The current champion is Shane Haste, who won the title on May 2, 2026, and has been reigning for 20 days.

GHC Heavyweight Championship: Title History

GHC Heavyweight Championship: Title Reigns

N.	Champion	Reign
50	Shane Haste 1 May 2, 2026 Tokyo, Japan \| Spring Mayhem Ryogoku 2026	20+ days
49	Yoshiki Inamura 1 November 8, 2025 Tokyo, Japan \| Star Navigation 2025	175 days
48	KENTA 2 July 20, 2025 Tokyo, Japan \| New Departure 2025 (Night 2)	111 days
47	Kenoh 4 July 19, 2025 Tokyo, Japan \| New Departure 2025 (Night 1)	1 day
46	OZAWA 1 January 1, 2025 Tokyo, Japan \| The New Year 2025	199 days
45	Kaito Kiyomiya 3 May 4, 2024 Tokyo, Japan \| Wrestle Magic	242 days
44	El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. 1 February 4, 2024 Sendai, Japan \| Cross Over in Sendai 2024	90 days
43	Kenoh 3 October 28, 2023 Fukuoka, Japan \| Demolition Stage in Fukuoka	99 days
42	Jake Lee 1 March 19, 2023 Yokohama, Japan \| Great Voyage in Yokohama 2023	223 days
41	Kaito Kiyomiya 2 September 25, 2022 Nagoya, Japan \| Grand Ship in Nagoya 2022	175 days
40	Kenoh 2 July 16, 2022 Tokyo, Japan \| Destination 2022	71 days
39	Satoshi Kojima 1 June 12, 2022 Saitama, Japan \| CyberFight Festival 2022	34 days
38	Go Shiozaki 5 April 30, 2022 Tokyo, Japan \| Majestic 2022 Defeated Kaito Kiyomiya to win the vacant title.	43 days
	Vacant April 27, 2022 Vacated due to Fujita having tested positive for COVID-19.	3 days
37	Kazuyuki Fujita 1 February 23, 2022 Nagoya, Japan \| Gain Control 2022 in Nagoya	63 days
36	Katsuhiko Nakajima 2 October 10, 2021 Osaka, Japan \| Grand Square 2021 in Osaka	136 days
35	Naomichi Marufuji 4 June 6, 2021 Saitama, Japan \| CyberFight Festival 2021	126 days
34	Keiji Muto / The Great Muta 1 February 12, 2021 Tokyo, Japan \| Destination 2021	114 days
33	Go Shiozaki 4 January 4, 2020 Tokyo, Japan \| Korakuen Hall Day 1 New Sunrise	405 days
32	Kaito Kiyomiya 1 December 16, 2018 Yokohama, Japan \| Great Voyage in Yokohama Vol. 2	384 days
31	Takashi Sugiura 4 March 11, 2018 Yokohama, Japan \| Great Voyage 2018 in Yokohama	280 days
30	Kenou 1 December 22, 2017 Tokyo, Japan \| Winter Navig. 2017	79 days
29	Eddie Edwards 1 August 26, 2017 Tokyo, Japan \| Summer Navig.2017 Vol. 2	118 days
28	Katsuhiko Nakajima 1 October 23, 2016 Yokohama, Japan \| Great Voyage 2016 in Yokohama Vol. 2	307 days
27	Takashi Sugiura 3 July 30, 2016 Tokyo, Japan \| 10th NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League This was a lumberjack match.	85 days
26	Go Shiozaki 3 May 28, 2016 Osaka, Japan \| Great Voyage 2016 in Osaka	63 days
25	Takashi Sugiura 2 January 31, 2016 Yokohama, Japan \| Great Voyage 2016 in Yokohama	118 days
24	Naomichi Marufuji 3 December 23, 2015 Tokyo, Japan \| Destiny 2015	39 days
23	Minoru Suzuki 1 March 15, 2015 Tokyo, Japan \| Great Voyage 2015 in Tokyo On August 9, 2015, Suzuki successfully defended the title against Mio Shirai at a Pro Wrestling Wave event. The defense was not recognized by Noah, who officially only recognize four of his five defenses.	283 days
22	Naomichi Marufuji 2 July 5, 2014 Tokyo, Japan \| Great Voyage 2014 in Tokyo Vol. 2	253 days
21	Yuji Nagata 1 February 8, 2014 Tokyo, Japan \| The Second Navig.2014 Opening Day	147 days
20	Takeshi Morishima 3 January 5, 2014 Tokyo, Japan \| New Year Navig.2014	34 days
19	KENTA 1 January 27, 2013 Osaka, Japan \| Great Voyage 2013 in Osaka	343 days
18	Takeshi Morishima 2 January 22, 2012 Osaka, Japan \| Great Voyage 2012 in Osaka	371 days
17	Go Shiozaki 2 July 10, 2011 Tokyo, Japan \| Great Voyage 2011 in Tokyo Vol. 3	196 days
16	Takashi Sugiura 1 December 6, 2009 Tokyo, Japan \| Winter Navig.'09 Final Day	581 days
15	Go Shiozaki 1 June 14, 2009 Fukuoka, Japan \| Southern Navig.'09 Defeated Takeshi Rikio to win the vacant title.	175 days
	Vacant June 14, 2009 Vacated due to Akiyama suffering a lumbar disc herniation.	0 days
14	Jun Akiyama 3 March 1, 2009 Tokyo, Japan \| The Second Navig.'09 Final Day	105 days
13	Kensuke Sasaki 1 September 6, 2008 Tokyo, Japan \| Shiny Navig.'08 Final Day	176 days
12	Takeshi Morishima 1 March 2, 2008 Tokyo, Japan \| The Second Navig.'08 Final Day	188 days
11	Mitsuharu Misawa 3 December 10, 2006 Tokyo, Japan \| Great Voyage '06	448 days
10	Naomichi Marufuji 1 September 9, 2006 Tokyo, Japan \| Shiny Navigation '06 Final Day	92 days
9	Jun Akiyama 2 January 22, 2006 Tokyo, Japan \| The First Navigation '06 Final Day	230 days
8	Akira Taue 1 November 5, 2005 Tokyo, Japan \| 3rd Great Voyage '05	78 days
7	Takeshi Rikio 1 March 5, 2005 Tokyo, Japan \| Navigate for Evolution '05 Final Day	245 days
6	Kenta Kobashi 1 March 1, 2003 Tokyo, Japan \| Navigate for Evolution '03 Final Day	735 days
5	Mitsuharu Misawa 2 September 23, 2002 Tokyo, Japan \| Great Voyage '02	159 days
4	Yoshihiro Takayama 1 September 7, 2002 Osaka, Japan \| Navigation Over the Date Line	16 days
3	Yoshinari Ogawa 1 April 7, 2002 Tokyo, Japan \| Encountering Navigation Final Day: Come and Watch in Ariake	153 days
2	Jun Akiyama 1 July 27, 2001 Tokyo, Japan \| Accomplish Our First Navigation	254 days
1	Mitsuharu Misawa 1 April 15, 2001 Tokyo, Japan \| Navigation for the Victory Defeated Yoshihiro Takayama in a tournament final.	103 days

GHC Heavyweight Championship: Names & Belt Designs

- GHC Heavyweight ChampionshipApril 15, 2001September 20, 2019
- GHC Heavyweight ChampionshipSeptember 20, 2019

GHC Heavyweight Championship: Statistics

Promotions History
Promotion from to
PromotionNOAHBrand Heavyweight April 15, 2001 Present

Promotion	from	to
PromotionNOAHBrand Heavyweight	April 15, 2001	Present

Promotion Pro Wrestling NOAH
TerritoryWorld Tier 2
DivisionPrimary
GenderMale
Date EstablishedApril 15, 2001

First ChampionMitsuharu Misawa
Current ChampionShane Haste

Most Number of Reigns

Rank	Wrestler	Reigns
	Go Shiozaki	5
	Takashi Sugiura	4
	Naomichi Marufuji	4
	Kenoh	4
	Kaito Kiyomiya	3
6	Mitsuharu Misawa	3
7	Takeshi Morishima	3
8	Jun Akiyama	3

Most Combined Days

Rank	Wrestler	Days
	Takashi Sugiura	1064
	Go Shiozaki	882
	Kaito Kiyomiya	801
	Kenta Kobashi	735
	Mitsuharu Misawa	710

Longest Reigns

Wrestler	Reign	Days
Kenta Kobashi	March 1, 2003 - March 5, 2005	735
Takashi Sugiura	December 6, 2009 - July 10, 2011	581
Mitsuharu Misawa	December 10, 2006 - March 2, 2008	448
Go Shiozaki	January 4, 2020 - February 12, 2021	405
Kaito Kiyomiya	December 16, 2018 - January 4, 2020	384