Asteroids named after people called Manabu
(217726) Kitabeppu
Manabu Kitabeppu (b. 1957), born in Kagoshima prefecture, is a retired Japanese baseball player who played for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp. Famous for excellent ball control, Kitabeppu got 213 wins and 1757 strikeouts during his nineteen-year career as a starting pitcher.Discovered 16 November 1999 by A. Nakamura, Kuma Kogen