Yoshinobu Kanemaru Yoshinobu Kanemaru ( September 23 , 1976 ) is a Japan ese professional wrestler , currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah . Kanemaru holds the records for the most reigns for both of Noah ' s Jr . Heavyweight titles . Career . Kanemaru debuted in 1996 for All Japan Pro Wrestling , in the last years of owner Giant Baba ' s regime , which had isolated the promotion from outsider wrestlers at the expense of the younger , lighter - weight talent . His first high - profile match in 1997 saw him team with New Japan Pro Wrestling ' s Koji Kanemoto ( Tiger Mask III ) to battle freelancer Satoru Sayama , the original Tiger Mask , and his disciple , Michinoku Pro Wrestling ' s Tiger Mask IV . ( As Mitsuharu Misawa , who once portrayed Tiger Mask II , was now a heavyweight and fully focused on the AJPW Triple Crown , Kanemaru had to substitute for him in this interpromotional bout . ) Despite Baba ' s death in 1999 , Kanemaru rarely had further opportunities to go into other promotions . It was only in 2000 , after Misawa broke with AJPW to create Noah that his experience began widening . In a brief promotional alliance with FMW , Kanemaru was able to win his first championship , the WEW tag team title , with heavyweight Masao Inoue . In 2001 , Kanemaru underwent a transformation . His simple Bermuda shorts and boots were changed for tights and shinguards , and he began executing more high - risk maneuvers proper for a junior heavyweight . This paid off well for Kanemaru , as he plowed through a field of unlikely but talented competitors to win a tournament for the first - ever GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship . He would go on to win the title twice more , including a win over NJPW ' s long time junior ace , Jushin Liger . In tag teams his experience widened as well , teaming with Tsuyoshi Kikuchi to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship , and with Takashi Sugiura to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship twice . His win of the NJPW title served as a catalyst for the creation of the equivalent Noah title . In 2008 , Kanemaru showed a serious shift in his attitude after the " SugiKane " team of himself and Takashi Sugiura went their separate ways after Sugiura moved to the heavyweight division . Kanemaru began using heel tactics in his matches . And in the summer convinced Kotaro Suzuki to betray his friend & tag team partner Ricky Marvin and attacked the reigning Jr . Heavyweights champions KENTA and Taiji Ishimori . The new team would defeat the champions for their titles two weeks later after Kanemaru pinned KENTA after using his " Touch - Out " brainbuster . Long overlooked in AJPW , Kanemaru has steadily built himself as one of the top junior heavyweight fighters in Japan for the foreseeable future . On October 31 , 2009 , he defeated Jushin Liger in the finals of the Junior Heavyweight League to win the vacant GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship for a fifth time . On 28 March 2010 , he retained his title against Taiji Ishimori , on 25 April 2010 he beat Delirious and on his third defense on 10 July he kept his title after a victory on Naomichi Marufuji . On September 2 , 2010 in Xtreme Wrestling Entertainment defeat José Vargas Jr . , to win the XWE Cruiserweight Championship for first time . On December 5 , 2010 , Kanemaru lost the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship to Kotaro Suzuki , ending his reign at 400 days , the longest in the title ' s history . On May 9 , 2012 , Kanemaru defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship for the sixth time . He lost the title to All Japan Pro Wrestling ' s Shuji Kondo on September 29 , 2012 .