Tamami Nakada

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Tamami Nakada
No. 33JX-Eneos Sunflowers
Position Center
League WJBL
Personal information
Born (1997-12-21) 21 December 1997 (age 25)
Saitama, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Listed height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Listed weight74 kg (163 lb)
Career information
WNBA draft 2017: undrafted
Medals
Asia Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Jordan

Tamami Nakada (born 21 December 1997) is a Japanese professional basketball player for JX-Eneos Sunflowers and the Japanese national team. [1]

She represented Japan at the 2021 FIBA Women's Asia Cup, where the team won the gold medal. [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Profile". basketball.asiabasket.com. 18 December 2021.
  2. "Team Roster Japan". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  3. "Japan sink China for fifth straight title in amazing advert for female hoops in Asia". FIBA. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.