Wow, instead of putting her in rehab, they just ended her carrier without remorse. The Idol world can be very harsh and unforgiving.
Being caught with illegal drugs will get you slammed anywhere. Unless you're a US AAA celeb, then you get caught with tons of cocaine or meth and basically get a vacation.
"'Kill Me Baby' Actress/Idol Ai Takabe Arrested for Alleged Drug Possession" Link
Well this is a bit of a saddening piece of new, guess my hopes for a season 2 are gonna be even slimmer now worse with Agiri's delightful voice missing
Japan is pretty harsh on drugs. If you're caught, much less if you're an entertainer in the public eye, then your career is likely fucked, at least temporarily. It may take a while to get back into anyone's good graces. See how long it took L'arc en Ciel to get itself together after its drummer got busted for heroin. However, given Ai wasn't really doing much before getting busted, anyway, I'd think her career is probably dead.
And an update: >Ai Takabe, 27, whose real name is Ai Nakayama, was arrested on the morning of Oct 15 after a small amount of cocaine was found in her apartment in Shibuya Ward, Sankei Shimbun quoted police as saying. Takabe was home alone at the time of her arrest, police said. >According to a tabloid, her fall started in 2010 when she met a certain person. This person is the former Morning Musume idol Ai Kago (27), who has been involved in her fair share of scandals. >Some mails found on Takabe's phone seem to point at drug related conversations such as "Mistook the quantity last time" or "Let's lose our heads together again." The idol unit Girls Beat has announced on novemmber 2 that they would resume their activities, but Ai Kago isn't scheduled anymore for the november live. She will only attend to the december live in Taiwan. >It was also revealed that Takaba is pregnant, and the father is apparently the son of a wealthy family owning a company listed on Tokyo Stock exchange, who is attending a famous university. Takabe had a relation with him before being arrested. She got the cocaine from him. He is currently abroad.