Tshilidzi Kawata

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Tshilidzi Kawata

No. 15 – Hiroshima Dragonflies
Position	Center
League	B.League
Personal information
Born	(1989-06-10) 10 June 1989 (age 35) Johannesburg, South Africa
Nationality	Japanese / South African
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	269 lb (122 kg)
Career information
High school	Stoneridge Prep (Simi Valley, California)
College	New Mexico State (2010–2015)
NBA draft	2015: undrafted
Playing career	2015–present
Career history
2015–2016	Kumamoto Volters
2016–2017	Sendai 89ers
2017-2018	Bambitious Nara
2018-2019	Kumamoto Volters
2019-2021	Fukushima Firebonds
2021	Hiroshima Dragonflies
2021-2022	Niigata Albirex BB
2022	Kyoto Hannaryz
2023-present	Hiroshima Dragonflies
Career highlights and awards
2× Second-team All-WAC (2014, 2015) WAC tournament MVP (2015)

Tshilidzi Kawata (born 10 June 1989) formerly known as Tshilidzi Nephaweis, is a South African-Japanese professional basketball player for the Hiroshima Dragonflies of the Japanese B.League.

Nephawe attended Mphaphuli Secondary School near Thohoyandou and played for Limpopo‘s provincial teams at a young age.^[1] He went on to New Mexico State University, where he was a teammate of future NBA player Pascal Siakam.

• Afrobasket.com profile
• ESPN profile
• New Mexico State bio
• New Mexico State Aggies bio