Kuni Kawachi was a Japanese keyboardist, composer, and arranger known for his collaborations with the pioneering psychedelic rock group Flower Travellin’ Band. Emerging from Japan’s late-1960s underground scene, Kawachi blended progressive rock, blues, and experimental sounds, notably on the acclaimed album *Kuni Kawachi and Flower Travellin’ Band* (1970). His work reflected a fusion of Western rock influences and distinctly Japanese avant-garde sensibilities, contributing to the era’s groundbreaking exploration of heavy, spiritual, and mind-expanding music that would later influence generations of psych and proto-metal artists.