THERE’S big nights out and then there’s this.

Japan international Takuma Asahara is a lucky man after the drunk prop was run over by a car in Tokyo before his Test captain Michael Leitch came to the rescue.

In a truly bizarre story, the Japan Times reported that Asahara was run over by a car at around 2.20am on Sunday, as he lay drunk in the street in the Tokyo suburb of Fuchu.

The 31-year-old was reportedly pinned underneath the vehicle before some of his Toshiba Brave Lupus club teammates arrived to save the day, including his Test captain Leitch.

Asahara escaped with only minor injuries after Leitch and his teammates lifted the car up and pulled him to safety.

The Brave Lupus later issued a statement on Asahara’s behalf, after the Japan Rugby Football Union had on Monday announced he would not be attending a training camp because of an unspecified injury.

“We are extremely sorry that we have caused trouble to various people including the driver,” the statement said.

“We will ensure that such an incident will not happen again.”

Asahara, who also represents the Sunwolves in Super Rugby, had earlier played a club game against the Coca-Cola Red Sparks in Tokyo on Saturday.

He then went out to dinner with his Brave Lupus teammates before the crazy vehicle incident.