GHC Women's Championship
| GHC Women's Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | CyberFight | ||||||||||||||||
| Brand | Pro Wrestling Noah | ||||||||||||||||
| Date established | October 28, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| Current champion | Mayu Iwatani | ||||||||||||||||
| Date won | January 3, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||
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The Global Honored Crown (GHC) Women's Championship (Japanese: GHC女子王座, Hepburn: GHC Joshi Ōza) is a women's professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah.[1][2][3] Mayu Iwatani is the current champion, in her first reign. She won the title by defeating Takumi Iroha at Marigold First Dream on January 3, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan
Title history
The championship was announced on October 28, 2024, and is currently contested exclusively among female wrestlers from the Japanese independent circuit, subsequently from outside of Noah and primarily of Dream Star Fighting Marigold, Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling or some many other pro wrestling promotions, since Noah lack of a proper women's division.[4] The inaugural champion was determined at Pro Wrestling NOAH: Monday Magic Vol. 3 on November 11, 2024, in a 10-woman battle royal that was won by Kouki Amarei.[5]
Reigns
As of March 9, 2026, there have been three reigns between three different champions. Kouki Amarei was the inaugural champion. Takumi Iroha has the longest reign at 215 days, while Mayu Iwatani's reign is the shortest at 65+ days. Iroha had the most successful title defenses at four. Iwatani was the oldest champion when she won it at 32 years old, while Amarei was the youngest at 27 years old.
Mayu Iwatani is the current champion, in her first reign. She won the title by defeating Takumi Iroha at Marigold First Dream on January 3, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan.
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| <1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | |||||
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| 1 | Kouki Amarei | November 11, 2024 | Pro Wrestling NOAH: Monday Magic Vol. 3 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 203 | 1 | Won a 10-woman battle royal also involving Bozilla, Chigusa Nagayo, Great Sakuya, Miku Aono, Miyuki Takase, Nightshade, Sadie Gibbs, Takumi Iroha, Utami Hayashishita and Yuu to become the inaugural champion. | [6] | |
| 2 | Takumi Iroha | June 2, 2025 | Pro Wrestling NOAH: Monday Magic Prime Time Season Ep2 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 215 | 4 | [7] | ||
| 3 | Mayu Iwatani | January 3, 2026 | Marigold First Dream | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 65+ | 2 | [8] | ||
Combined reigns
As of March 9, 2026.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
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| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
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| 1 | Takumi Iroha | 1 | 4 | 215 |
| 2 | Kouki Amarei | 1 | 1 | 203 |
| 3 | Mayu Iwatani † | 1 | 2 | 65+ |
See also
References
- ^ Thompson, Andrew. "Pro Wrestling NOAH unveils GHC Women's Championship". POSTWrestling. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
- ^ Boone, Matt (October 28, 2024). "Pro Wrestling NOAH Introduces GHC Women's Title, Inaugural Champion To Be Crowned On Nov. 11". wrestlingheadlines.com. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
- ^ "MONDAY MAGIC Autumn ep3". noah.co.jp. Pro Wrestling Noah. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
- ^ 【ノア】初の女子タイトル「ＧＨＣ女子王座」が新設 11・11新宿で初代王座決定戦. tokyo-sports.co.jp (in Japanese). Tokyo Sports. October 28, 2024. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
- ^ Currier, Joseph (October 28, 2024). "Pro Wrestling NOAH introducing GHC Women's Championship". F4wonline.com. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (November 11, 2024). "Kouki Amarei Becomes First-Ever GHC Women's Champion". fightful.com. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ "初防衛戦の怪我で王者が約5ヶ月の欠場…「ベルトが輝いていない」と挑戦した彩羽匠が勝利しGHC女子王者へ". battle-news.com. June 2, 2025. Retrieved June 2, 2025.
- ^ "BITE-SIZE SHOW REVIEW: Marigold First Dream 2026 (03/01/2026)". TheStardomCast. January 3, 2026. Retrieved January 4, 2026.
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