Naomichi Marufuji Naomichi Marufuji ( September 26 , 1979 ) is a Japan ese professional wrestler who competes for Pro Wrestling Noah , with occasional appearances in other professional wrestling promotions like Ring of Honor , All Japan Pro Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling , among others . Marufuji is the first of only two Grand Slam Champion in Pro Wrestling Noah history . He is also the only man to win Junior Heavyweight Championships in all three major Japanese promotions . In 2009 , he was appointed to the position of Vice President of the promotion . Professional wrestling career . Debut and Pro Wresting Noah . Marufuji pursued amateur wrestling and basketball during his high school days before joining All Japan Pro Wrestling . For the first two years of his career , under Giant Baba and Mitsuharu Misawa ' s isolationist policy , he was a jobber ; one of the few rare interpromotional matches he worked was in Michinoku Pro Wrestling in 1999 , a lucha libre six - man tag match , gave him a chance to shine . After the Noah secession , he joined the upstart promotion and became an integral part of its Junior Heavyweight division , impressing many with his high - flying style and charisma . He would go on to form a successful tag team with KENTA , as well as win the 2004 Super J Cup . On March 5 , 2006 , Marufuji pinned former AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion and former GHC Heavyweight Champion Akira Taue . On September 9 , 2006 , Naomichi defeated Jun Akiyama for the GHC Heavyweight Championship at the Budokan Hall , utilizing the Perfect Inside Cradle . In doing so , he became the first wrestler to win all five GHC titles in Noah and became the lightest GHC Heavyweight Champion of all time . A little over a month later , Marufuji ' s successfully defended the title against his tag team partner Kenta on October 29 , 2006 . The match received critical acclaim and Tokyo Sports Grand Prix named the match " Best Bout of 2006 " . On December 10 , 2006 , Marufuji lost the GHC Heavyweight Championship to Mitsuharu Misawa in his third defense . On July 5 , 2009 , Marufuji was appointed to the position of Noah ' s Vice President alongside Kenta Kobashi by Noah ' s current President Akira Taue in the wake of Misawa ' s death . New Japan Pro Wrestling . On June 10 , 2003 , Marufuji made his debut for New Japan Pro Wrestling , teaming with Kotaro Suzuki to unsuccessfully challenge Jushin Liger and Koji Kanemoto for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship . Marufuji would return to the company on December 9 , failing in his attempt to win the IWGP U - 30 Championship from Hiroshi Tanahashi . On May 3 , 2004 , Marufuji would make his final appearance for NJPW in over five years in a six man tag team match , where he , Heat and Tiger Mask IV were defeated by American Dragon , Koji Kanemoto and Último Dragón . On December 22 , 2009 , Marufuji made his return to New Japan Pro Wrestling , defeating Jushin " Thunder " Liger in the first round of the 2009 Super J Cup . The following day he defeated Tigers Mask , Ryusuke Taguchi and finally Prince Devitt in the finals , to win the Super J Cup and earn himself a shot at the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship . On January 4 , 2010 , Marufuji represented Noah in the New Japan vs . Noah match series at Wrestle Kingdom IV in Tokyo Dome , where he defeated Tiger Mask IV to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship . With his victory Marufuji became the first person to hold the three major Junior Heavyweight Titles in Japan ( All Japan , Noah and New Japan ) . On June 19 Marufuji lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship to Prince Devitt . Foreign excursion . In early and mid - 2005 , Marufuji toured through Germany and Austria , competing for world Xtreme wrestling and Rings of Europe . Alongside with Minoru Suzuki , they were the first talent - delegation which was sent over that began the Noah / European Talent Trade Partnership . Ring of Honor . As part of his foreign excursion to the U . S . along with Kenta Kobashi and Kenta , Marufuji challenged Bryan Danielson for the ROH World Championship on December 17 , 2005 , in Edison , New Jersey . Danielson retained his title , but the crowd gave Marufuji a loud ovation after the match . Marufuji returned to the United States to wrestle for Ring of Honor on the main event of the " Best in the World " show on March 25 , 2006 show in New York City , teaming with Kenta for the first time in the United States against the team of Samoa Joe and Bryan Danielson ; the team of Marufuji and Kenta won after Kenta pinned Danielson , but after Marufuji tried and failed to lift Joe . Marufuji returned to Ring of Honor for a third tour , along with Kenta . Both started off the tour with a win , teaming up to defeat the Briscoe Brothers at Glory By Honor V : Night 1 . The following night at Glory By Honor V : Night 2 , he successfully defended the GHC Heavyweight Championship against Nigel McGuinness . Marufuji also appeared at Ring of Honor ' s first pay - per - view , Respect Is Earned , where he defeated Rocky Romero . Return to AJPW . On September 28 , 2008 , ten years after his original debut in All Japan Pro Wrestling , Marufuji returned to AJPW and won the World Junior Heavyweight Championship from Ryuji Hijikata . He would go on to successfully defend the title against Shuji Kondo in a match that won the Tokyo Sports Grand Prix Best Bout of 2008 award and Takashi Okita before losing it to Kaz Hayashi .