Lauren Horii

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Lauren is a songwriter who has written over 100 published songs and lyrics for artists primarily in the J-POP K-POP genres.  She has charted in the Top 15 of the Billboard JAPAN Lyricist Rankings as "TOP Lyricist," and has had her work sung and performed on Japan's public broadcaster NHK's annual NYE show Kohaku Uta Gassen.  She is a sought-after recording directer and has been active in various areas of Japan's secular music including singing, writing, coaching and narrating.  

As a missionary kid who grew up in the Japanese church, Lauren was exposed to hymns, gospel and worship songs from a young age.  During her time living in the US, she led worship at New Hope Oahu and served at other Japanese churches in Hawaii.  After graduating from Pacific Rim Christian College with BA in Worship & the Arts, Lauren came back to Japan in hopes to serve her home church as a volunteer music director, but when she bumped in to an old friend in the busy streets of Tokyo, her career as a songwriter unexpectedly started.  When her Japanese covers of worship songs gained worldwide audience, she became an official lyric translator for Hillsong, co-writing the official translation of the Grammy Award-winning song "What A Beautiful Name It Is," among other gospel and worship song translations. 

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In 2014 Lauren started ENCOUNTER, an interdenominational worship service in Tokyo.  In 2024, she and her husband founded Mikuni Music Co., Ltd.  

 

As an itinerant worshipper, Lauren enjoys visiting churches and sharing her testimony.

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Her debut album For the Love of God will be released November 2024.

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