| Tshilidzi Kawata | |
| Position: | Center |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 10 |
| Weight Lb: | 269 |
| Team: | Hiroshima Dragonflies |
| Number: | 15 |
| League: | B.League |
| Nationality: | Japanese / South African |
| Birth Date: | 10 June 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| High School: | Stoneridge Prep (Simi Valley, California) |
| College: | New Mexico State (2010–2015) |
| Draft Year: | 2015 |
| Career Start: | 2015 |
| Years1: | 2015–2016 |
| Team1: | Kumamoto Volters |
| Years2: | 2016–2017 |
| Team2: | Sendai 89ers |
| Years3: | 2017-2018 |
| Team3: | Bambitious Nara |
| Years4: | 2018-2019 |
| Team4: | Kumamoto Volters |
| Years5: | 2019-2021 |
| Team5: | Fukushima Firebonds |
| Years6: | 2021 |
| Team6: | Hiroshima Dragonflies |
| Years7: | 2021-2022 |
| Team7: | Niigata Albirex BB |
| Years8: | 2022 |
| Team8: | Kyoto Hannaryz |
| Years9: | 2023-present |
| Team9: | Hiroshima Dragonflies |
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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.