# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/manabu-kitabeppu
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:04:28.069Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/manabu-kitabeppu"
name: "Manabu Kitabeppu"
slug: "manabu-kitabeppu"
description: "Manabu Kitabeppu  was a Japanese professional baseball pitcher, the first-round draft pick of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in 1975, and one of the most famous Japanese right-handed pitchers. He was known as the \"Precision Machine\"  because of his perfect control pitching, and his nickname was Pei-San (ペイさん)."
tagline: "Japanese baseball player"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1957-07-12"
deathDate: "2023-06-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.12
  momentum:             2.547389424675758
  historical:           6.074150666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/m_kitabeppu"
    handle:    "m_kitabeppu"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/manabu.kitabeppu"
    handle:    "manabu.kitabeppu"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manabu_Kitabeppu"
    title: "Manabu Kitabeppu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%88"
    title: "مانابو كيتابيپو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manabu_Kitabeppu"
    title: "Manabu Kitabeppu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8C%97%E5%88%A5%E5%BA%9C%E5%AD%B8"
    title: "北別府學"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8C%97%E5%88%A5%E5%BA%9C%E5%AD%A6"
    title: "北別府学"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B8%B0%ED%83%80%EB%B2%B3%ED%91%B8_%EB%A7%88%EB%82%98%EB%B6%80"
    title: "기타벳푸 마나부"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q982724"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump