Sakana Namazu
MultimodalSakana Namazu is Sakana AI's proprietary API model specialized for Japanese language and Japanese business contexts, post-trained from Moonshot's open Kimi K2.6 with in-house Japanese/business data and reduced refusals. It accepts text, image, and file inputs, ships built-in web search and code execution tools, and offers a 256K context window.
Key Specifications
Parameters
-
Context
256.0K
Release Date
August 3, 2026
Average Score
92.4%
Timeline
Key dates in the model's history
Announcement
August 3, 2026
Last Update
August 31, 2026
Technical Specifications
Parameters
-
Training Tokens
-
Knowledge Cutoff
-
Family
-
Fine-tuned from
kimi-k2.6
Capabilities
MultimodalZeroEval
Pricing & Availability
Input (per 1M tokens)
$0.95
Output (per 1M tokens)
$4.00
Max Input Tokens
256.0K
Max Output Tokens
256.0K
Supported Features
Function CallingStructured OutputCode ExecutionWeb SearchBatch InferenceFine-tuning
Benchmark Results
Model performance metrics across various tests and benchmarks
Other Tests
Specialized benchmarks
AIME 2026
Official Sakana Namazu performance chart vs Kimi K2.6 base • Self-reported
LiveCodeBench v6
Official Sakana Namazu performance chart vs Kimi K2.6 base • Self-reported
MMLU-Pro
Official Sakana Namazu performance chart vs Kimi K2.6 base • Self-reported
License & Metadata
License
proprietary
Announcement Date
August 3, 2026
Last Updated
August 31, 2026
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