Martin Castrogiovanni

Castrogiovanni's story moves me because it is about belonging as much as rugby. Born in Paraná, Argentina, he crossed an ocean as a teenager and reinvented himself as an Italian, earning 119 caps over fourteen years through sheer front-row grit. The prop is the unglamorous engine room of the scrum, and to do it that long takes a stubbornness I genuinely admire. What I love most is the second act: the man who once gritted his teeth in scrums became a beaming television personality. That range, from brutal physicality to warmth in front of a camera, makes him impossible not to like.

Name (English)

Martin Castrogiovanni

Name (Japanese)

マルティン・レアンドロ・カストロジョヴァンニ

Reading

まるてぃん・れあんどろ・かすとろじょゔぁんに

Born

October 21, 1981 (age 44)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rooster

Origin

Paraná, Entre Ríos Province, Argentina

Height

188 cm

Occupation

rugby union player / television personality

Awards & achievements

• bronze medal for athletic prowess

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/castrito81/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%8B

Tags

• Entre Ríos Province
• rugby union player
• television personality

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.