Singer Tomomi Kahara has once again found herself in the news for personal issues. Over the weekend, she was taken by ambulance to a hospital for a drug overdose.

At around 3:00am on Saturday, she got into a taxi outside Kinshicho Station. According to the driver, Kahara seemed only vaguely conscious, to the point that she was unable to even name her destination. The driver took her to a nearby police box, where an officer called for an ambulance.

It was explained that Kahara had taken a large amount of doctor-prescribed tranquilizers, resulting in acute poisoning. No traces of alcohol or other substances were found in her body.

Kahara's turbulent career stretches back to the 1990s. She was in a high-profile relationship with producer Tetsuya Komuro, but after their breakup, Kahara attempted suicide in 1999 by gassing herself. A few months later, she was discovered outside her house, passed out after a heavy dosage of cold medicine. Due to problems with her agency, she was fired in June 2007 and has been effectively retired since then. She has been hoping to mount a comeback, but so far it has proven difficult.