Ennosuke Ichikawa taken to hospital but mother and father died after taking overdose

The world of Japanese kabuki, a classical form of Japanese theatre that combines highly stylised movement and unusual vocalisation, has been rocked after the popular actor Ennosuke Ichikawa was taken to hospital and his parents found dead.

Ennosuke was found by his manager collapsed at his home in Tokyo along with an apparent suicide note and taken to hospital.