| GHC Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | CyberFight | ||||||||||||||||
| Brand | Pro Wrestling Noah | ||||||||||||||||
| Date established | October 19, 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Current champions | Team 2000X (Masa Kitamiya andTakashi Sugiura) | ||||||||||||||||
| Date won | November 21, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
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TheGlobal Honored Crown (GHC) Tag Team Championship (Japanese:GHCタッグ王座,Hepburn:GHC Taggu Ōza) is aprofessional wrestlingtag teamtitle in JapanesepromotionPro Wrestling Noah. It was created on October 19, 2001, whenVader andScorpio defeatedJun Akiyama andAkitoshi Saito in a tournament final.[1] Though it is typically contested among heavyweights (>100 kg (220 lb; 16 st)), somejunior heavyweights such asNaomichi Marufuji andYoshinari Ogawa have held it in the past. It is currently one of two tag team titles in Noah, along with theGHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (reserved for junior heavyweights).
The current champions areTeam 2000X (Masa Kitamiya andTakashi Sugiura), who are in their second reign as a team. They won the titles by defeating defeated Hank and Tank (Hank Walker andTank Ledger) atCross Over in Sendai on November 21, 2025, inSendai, Japan.
In October 2001, an 11-team tournament was held over the course of the "Navigation, Tug of War" tour. On October 19,Vader andScorpio defeatedJun Akiyama andAkitoshi Saito in the final to become the inaugural champions.[2]
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| October 16,Tokyo | ||||||||||||||
| Vader andScorpio | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Takashi Sugiura andDaisuke Ikeda | 6:53[5] | |||||||||||||
| October 17,Yamagata | ||||||||||||||
| Vader andScorpio | Pin | |||||||||||||
| October 6,Tokyo | ||||||||||||||
| Tamon Honda andMasao Inoue | 5:27[8] | |||||||||||||
| Bull Schmitt andBison Smith | 13:58[3] | |||||||||||||
| October 16,Tokyo | ||||||||||||||
| Tamon Honda andMasao Inoue | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Tamon Honda andMasao Inoue | Forfeit | |||||||||||||
| Akira Taue andJun Izumida | —[6] | |||||||||||||
| October 19,Yokohama | ||||||||||||||
| Vader andScorpio | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Jun Akiyama andAkitoshi Saito | 11:39[2] | |||||||||||||
| October 12,Chiba | ||||||||||||||
| Jun Akiyama andAkitoshi Saito | Pin | |||||||||||||
| October 6,Tokyo | ||||||||||||||
| Michael Modest andDonovan Morgan | 16:40[7] | |||||||||||||
| Michael Modest andDonovan Morgan | Pin | |||||||||||||
| October 17,Yamagata | ||||||||||||||
| Takeshi Morishima andTakeshi Rikio | 11:27[3] | |||||||||||||
| Jun Akiyama andAkitoshi Saito | Pin | |||||||||||||
| October 8,Shizuoka | ||||||||||||||
| Mitsuharu Misawa andYoshinari Ogawa | 19:48[8] | |||||||||||||
| Takao Omori andShinjiro Otani | Pin | |||||||||||||
| October 12,Chiba | ||||||||||||||
| Takuma Sano andKentaro Shiga | 16:41[4] | |||||||||||||
| Takao Omori andShinjiro Otani | 19:58[7] | |||||||||||||
| Mitsuharu Misawa andYoshinari Ogawa | Pin | |||||||||||||
As of November 23, 2025, there have been a total of 73 reigns shared between 59 different teams, consisting of 68 different individual champions.
The current champions are Hank and Tank (Hank Walker andTank Ledger), who are in their first reign as a team and individually. They won the titles by defeating defeatedTeam 2000X (Masa Kitamiya andTakashi Sugiura) atStar Navigation: Night 3 on November 8, 2025, inTokyo, Japan.
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| 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 |
| † | Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
| 1 | Vader andScorpio | October 19, 2001 | Navigation, Tug of War Final Day | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 42 | 0 | DefeatedJun Akiyama andAkitoshi Saito in a tournament final. | [9][2] |
| 2 | Mitsuharu Misawa andYoshinari Ogawa | November 30, 2001 | Navigation in Raging Ocean | Sapporo, Japan | 1 | 9 | 0 | [10] | |
| 3 | No Fear (Takao Omori andYoshihiro Takayama) | December 9, 2001 | Navigation in Raging Ocean | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 70 | 0 | [11] | |
| 4 | Wild II (Takeshi Morishima andTakeshi Rikio) | February 17, 2002 | Navigate for Evolution Final Day | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 218 | 4 | [12] | |
| 5 | Jun Akiyama andAkitoshi Saito | September 23, 2002 | Great Voyage '02 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 256 | 5 | [13] | |
| 6 | Burning (Tamon Honda andKenta Kobashi) | June 6, 2003 | Navigation with Breeze '03 Final Day | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 177 | 2 | [14][15] | |
| 7 | Yuji Nagata andHiroshi Tanahashi | November 30, 2003 | Navigation, Uprising Spirit '03 | Sapporo, Japan | 1 | 41 | 1 | [16] | |
| 8 | Mitsuharu Misawa andYoshinari Ogawa | January 10, 2004 | Great Voyage '04 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 379 | 7 | [17] | |
| 9 | 2 Cold Scorpio andDoug Williams | January 23, 2005 | The First Navigation '05 Final Day | Kobe, Japan | 1 (2, 1) | 146 | 0 | 2 Cold Scorpio previously went by Scorpio. | [18] |
| 10 | Naomichi Marufuji andMinoru Suzuki | June 18, 2005 | FWA Live in Morecambe: NOAH Limits | Morecambe, England | 1 | 132 | 2 | This was aFrontier Wrestling Alliance event. | [19][20] |
| 11 | Takeshi Morishima andMuhammad Yone | October 28, 2005 | Autumn Navigation 2006 - Day 14 | Osaka, Japan | 1 (2, 1) | 219 | 2 | [21] | |
| 12 | Burning (Tamon Honda andKenta Kobashi) | June 4, 2006 | Northern Navigation 2006 - Day 12 | Sapporo, Japan | 2 | 113 | 0 | [22] | |
| — | Vacated | September 25, 2006 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Kobashi becoming inactive with kidney cancer. | |
| 13 | Takeshi Morishima andMuhammad Yone | December 2, 2006 | Winter Navigation 2006 | Yokohama, Japan | 2 (3, 2) | 120 | 0 | DefeatedTakuma Sano andYoshihiro Takayama in a tournament final for the vacant titles. | [23] |
| 14 | Jun Akiyama andTakeshi Rikio | April 1, 2007 | Spring Navigation 2007 - Day 1 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (2, 2) | 165 | 3 | [24] | |
| — | Vacated | September 13, 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Rikio suffering a neck injury. | |
| 15 | RO&D (D'Lo Brown andBuchanan) | October 20, 2007 | Autumn Navigation 2007 - Day 8 | Kurume, Japan | 1 | 7 | 0 | DefeatedAkira Taue andGo Shiozaki in a tournament final for the vacant titles. | [1] |
| 16 | Team Ikko (Naomichi Marufuji andTakashi Sugiura) | October 27, 2007 | Autumn Navigation 2007 - Day 12 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (2, 1) | 209 | 2 | [25] | |
| 17 | Akitoshi Saito andBison Smith | May 23, 2008 | NOAH Northern Navigation 2008 - Day 5 | Nagoya, Japan | 1 (2, 1) | 486 | 3 | ||
| 18 | Kensuke Sasaki andTakeshi Morishima | September 21, 2009 | Exceeding Our Dreams 2009 - Day 5 | Niigata, Japan | 1 (1, 4) | 76 | 1 | ||
| 19 | Disobey (Takeshi Rikio andMuhammad Yone) | December 6, 2009 | Winter Navigation 2009 - Day 10 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (3, 3) | 129 | 2 | ||
| 20 | Bison Smith andKeith Walker | April 14, 2010 | Spring Navigation 2010 - Day 4 | Osaka, Japan | 1 (2, 1) | 149 | 1 | ||
| — | Vacated | September 10, 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Walker not returning to Japan after the death of his father. | |
| 21 | Takuma Sano andYoshihiro Takayama | September 18, 2010 | Shiny Navigation 2010 - Day 5 | Osaka, Japan | 1 (1, 2) | 273 | 4 | DefeatedAkitoshi Saito andBison Smith for the vacant titles. | |
| 22 | Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard andKarl Anderson) | June 18, 2011 | New Japan Pro-Wrestling'sDominion 6.18 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 218 | 2 | [26] | |
| 23 | Special Assault Team (Jun Akiyama andAkitoshi Saito) | January 22, 2012 | Great Voyage In Osaka 2012 | Osaka, Japan | 2 (3, 3) | 182 | 3 | ||
| 24 | Magnus andSamoa Joe | July 22, 2012 | Great Voyage 2012 In Ryogoku | Ryōgoku, Japan | 1 | 78 | 0 | ||
| 25 | No Mercy (Kenta andMaybach Taniguchi) | October 8, 2012 | Autumn Navigation 2012 | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 26 | Special Assault Team (Akitoshi Saito andGo Shiozaki) | October 26, 2012 | Autumn Navigation 2012 - Day 5 | Niigata, Japan | 1 (4, 1) | 44 | 0 | ||
| 27 | Brave (Naomichi Marufuji andTakashi Sugiura) | December 9, 2012 | The Great Voyage In Ryogoku 2012 Vol. 2 | Ryōgoku, Japan | 2 (3, 2) | 91 | 1 | ||
| 28 | Chaos (Takashi Iizuka andToru Yano) | March 10, 2013 | Great Voyage 2013 In Yokohama | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 119 | 2 | ||
| 29 | TMDK (Mikey Nicholls andShane Haste) | July 7, 2013 | Great Voyage 2013 In Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 202 | 3 | ||
| 30 | Choukibou-gun (Maybach Taniguchi andTakeshi Morishima) | January 25, 2014 | The First Navigation 2014 - Day 11 | Osaka, Japan | 1 (2, 5) | 126 | 1 | ||
| 31 | Dangan Yankies (Masato Tanaka andTakashi Sugiura) | May 31, 2014 | Navigation with Breeze 2014 - Day 4 | Osaka, Japan | 1 (1, 3) | 224 | 4 | ||
| 32 | TMDK (Mikey Nicholls andShane Haste) | January 10, 2015 | New Year Navigation 2015 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 33 | K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. andLance Archer) | February 11, 2015 | Great Voyage 2015 in Nagoya | Nagoya, Japan | 1 | 472 | 10 | ||
| 34 | Naomichi Marufuji andToru Yano | May 28, 2016 | Great Voyage 2016 in Osaka | Osaka, Japan | 1 (4, 2) | 179 | 6 | ||
| 35 | K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. andLance Archer) | November 23, 2016 | Global League-sen 2016 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 36 | Go Shiozaki andMaybach Taniguchi | December 3, 2016 | One Night Cruise 2016 in Differ | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (2, 3) | 49 | 1 | ||
| 37 | Kenoh andMasa Kitamiya | January 21, 2017 | The First Navig. 2017 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 34 | 0 | ||
| — | Vacated | February 24, 2017 | The Second Navig. 2017 | Tokyo, Japan | — | — | — | Vacated after Kenoh turned on Kitamiya. | |
| 38 | Kenoh andTakashi Sugiura | March 12, 2017 | Great Voyage 2017 in Yokohama | Yokohama, Japan | 1 (2, 4) | 33 | 0 | DefeatedMasa Kitamiya andMuhammad Yone for the vacant titles. | |
| 39 | Maybach Taniguchi andNaomichi Marufuji | April 14, 2017 | GTL e no Countdown | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (4, 5) | 134 | 2 | ||
| 40 | Atsushi Kotoge andGo Shiozaki | August 26, 2017 | Summer Navigation 2017 Vol. 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (1, 3) | 36 | 0 | ||
| 41 | 50 Funky Powers (Muhammad Yone andQuiet Storm) | October 1, 2017 | Great Voyage 2017 in Yokohama Vol. 2 | Yokohama, Japan | 1 (4, 1) | 161 | 2 | [27] | |
| 42 | The Aggression (Katsuhiko Nakajima andMasa Kitamiya) | March 11, 2018 | Great Voyage 2018 in Yokohama | Yokohama, Japan | 1 (1, 2) | 49 | 0 | [28] | |
| 43 | GO-KAI (Go Shiozaki andKaito Kiyomiya) | April 29, 2018 | Great Voyage 2018 in Niigata | Yokohama, Japan | 1 (4, 1) | 30 | 0 | [29] | |
| 44 | The Aggression (Katsuhiko Nakajima andMasa Kitamiya) | May 29, 2018 | Navigation with Breeze 2018 | Yokohama, Japan | 2 (2, 3) | 60 | 0 | ||
| 45 | Naomichi Marufuji andAkitoshi Saito | July 28, 2018 | 12th Global Jr. Heavyweight Tag League | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (6, 5) | 123 | 2 | ||
| — | Vacated | November 28, 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Marufuji suffering a shoulder injury. | |
| 46 | Go Shiozaki andKatsuhiko Nakajima | December 7, 2018 | Winter Navigation | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (5, 3) | 9 | 0 | DefeatedKenoh andMasa Kitamiya in a tournament final for the vacant titles. | [30] |
| 47 | Hooligans (Maybach Taniguchi andYuji Hino) | December 16, 2018 | Great Voyage in Yokohama Vol. 2 | Yokohama, Japan | 1 (5, 1) | 47 | 1 | [31] | |
| 48 | 50 Funky Powers (Muhammad Yone andQuiet Storm) | February 1, 2019 | Navigation for the Future 2019 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 (5, 2) | 23 | 0 | [32] | |
| 49 | AXIZ (Go Shiozaki andKatsuhiko Nakajima) | February 24, 2019 | Navigation for the Progress 2019 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 (6, 4) | 109 | 1 | [33] | |
| 50 | Sugiura-gun (Kazma Sakamoto andTakashi Sugiura) | June 13, 2019 | Global Junior Tag League 2019 | Osaka, Japan | 1 (1, 5) | 14 | 0 | [34] | |
| 51 | AXIZ (Go Shiozaki andKatsuhiko Nakajima) | June 27, 2019 | Global Junior League 2019 | Tokyo, Japan | 3 (7, 5) | 192 | 3 | ||
| 52 | Naomichi Marufuji andMasaaki Mochizuki | January 5, 2020 | Reboot | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (7, 1) | 105 | 1 | [35] | |
| 53 | Sugiura-gun International (El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. andRené Duprée) | April 19, 2020 | Noah the Spirit | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 98 | 0 | [36] | |
| — | Vacated | July 26, 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated when Wagner and Duprée cannot enter Japan due to international travel restrictions as a result of theCOVID-19 pandemic. | [37] |
| 54 | Sugiura-gun (Takashi Sugiura andKazushi Sakuraba) | August 30, 2020 | KAWASAKI, GO! 2020 | Kawasaki, Japan | 1 (6, 1) | 189 | 3 | Defeated AXIZ (Go Shiozaki andKatsuhiko Nakajima) to win the vacant titles. | [38] |
| 55 | The Aggression (Katsuhiko Nakajima andMasa Kitamiya) | March 7, 2021 | Great Voyage 2021 In Yokohama | Yokohama, Japan | 3 (6, 4) | 137 | 1 | Kitamiya and Nakajima won the titles on this occasion as part of theKongo stable. Kitamiya turned on Nakajima following their lone title defense fromMitsuharu Misawa Memorial from May 31, 2021. Despite that, they remained champions until a decision match was held. | [39] |
| 56 | Kaito Kiyomiya andMasa Kitamiya | July 22, 2021 | NOAH Up To Emotion 2021 Day 4 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (2, 5) | 114 | 0 | Nakajima teamed withManabu Soya to defend against Kitamiya and Kiyomiya to determine new champions. | [40] |
| 57 | M's Alliance (Keiji Muto andNaomichi Marufuji) | November 13, 2021 | NOAH Demolition Stage 2021 In Yokohama | Yokohama, Japan | 1 (1, 8) | 87 | 2 | [41] | |
| — | Vacated | February 8, 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Mutoh suffering a hip injury. | |
| 58 | Sugiura-gun (Takashi Sugiura andHideki Suzuki) | March 13, 2022 | NOAH Great Voyage 2022 In Yokohama | Yokohama, Japan | 1 (7, 1) | 52 | 1 | DefeatedKaito Kiyomiya andDaiki Inaba in a tournament final for the vacant titles. | [42] |
| 59 | Sugiura-gun International (El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. andRené Duprée) | May 4, 2022 | NOAH Dream On 2022 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 17 | 0 | [43] | |
| 60 | Michael Elgin andMasa Kitamiya | May 21, 2022 | Dream On Final 2022 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (1, 6) | 56 | 0 | [44] | |
| — | Vacated | July 16, 2022 | Destination 2022 | Tokyo, Japan | — | — | — | Vacated due to Elgin not being able to make it to the title defense. | |
| 61 | Sugiura-gun (Hideki Suzuki andTimothy Thatcher) | July 16, 2022 | Destination 2022 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (2, 1) | 71 | 0 | DefeatedMasa Kitamiya andYoshiki Inamura for the vacant titles. | [45] |
| 62 | TakaKoji (Takashi Sugiura andSatoshi Kojima) | September 25, 2022 | Grand Ship in Nagoya 2022 | Nagoya, Japan | 1 (8, 1) | 140 | 3 | [46] | |
| 63 | Masa Kitamiya andDaiki Inaba | February 12, 2023 | Great Voyage in Osaka 2023 | Osaka, Japan | 1 (7, 1) | 63 | 1 | [47] | |
| 64 | Takashi Sugiura andShuhei Taniguchi | April 16, 2023 | Green Journey in Sendai 2023 | Sendai, Japan | 1 (9, 6) | 18 | 0 | Taniguchi was previously known as Maybach Taniguchi. | [48] |
| 65 | Real (Timothy Thatcher andSaxon Huxley) | May 4, 2023 | Majestic 2023 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (2, 1) | 143 | 1 | [49] | |
| 66 | Good Looking Guys (Jack Morris andAnthony Greene) | September 24, 2023 | Grand Ship In Nagoya 2023 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 266 | 8 | [50] | |
| 67 | Naomichi Marufuji andTakashi Sugiura | June 16, 2024 | Grand Ship In Yokohama | Yokohama, Japan | 3 (9, 10) | 199 | 4 | Marufuji and Sugiura previously won the titles under the tag names of Team Ikko and Brave. However in this reign, they did not use any of those team names. | [51] |
| 68 | Team 2000X (Jack Morris andOmos) | January 1, 2025 | The New Year 2025 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (2, 1) | 24 | 1 | [52] | |
| † | Team 2000X (Jack Morris andDaga) | January 25, 2025 | Sunny Voyage 2025 | Osaka, Japan | — | 2 | 0 | Lineal championOmos transferred his half of the championship toDaga due to going back toWWE. This title change was not recognized by Noah and was officially sanctioned as a vacancy two days later. | [53] |
| — | Vacated | January 27, 2025 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Noah not recognizing the transfer of the championship. | [54] |
| 69 | Team 2000X (Jack Morris andDaga) | April 6, 2025 | Sunny Voyage 2025 | Osaka, Japan | 1 (3, 1) | 27 | 0 | DefeatedAll Rebellion (Galeno andKaito Kiyomiya) to win the vacant titles. | [55] |
| 70 | Kenoh andUlka Sasaki | May 3, 2025 | Memorial Voyage in Kokugikan | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (3, 1) | 31 | 1 | [56][57] | |
| 71 | Ratel's (Manabu Soya andDaiki Inaba) | June 3, 2025 | Star Navigation 2025 (Night 2) | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (1, 2) | 69 | 1 | [58] | |
| 72 | Team 2000X (Masa Kitamiya andTakashi Sugiura) | August 11, 2025 | Noah Kawasaki Summer Voyage 2025 | Kawasaki, Japan | 1 (8, 11) | 89 | 0 | [59] | |
| 73 | Hank and Tank (Hank Walker andTank Ledger) | November 8, 2025 | Star Navigation 2025 (Night 3) | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 13 | 0 | [60] | |
| 74 | Team 2000X (Masa Kitamiya andTakashi Sugiura) | November 21, 2025 | Cross Over in Sendai 2025 | Sendai, Japan | 2 (9, 12) | 2+ | 0 | [61] | |
As of November 23, 2025.
| † | Indicates the current champions |
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