---
name: 'Sakana: Sakana Namazu'
slug: sakana-sakana-namazu
type: Multimodal
providers:
  - kilo
description: >-
  Sakana Namazu is a Japanese-specialized reasoning model from Sakana AI, based
  on Kimi K2.6 with additional training for Japanese language and business
  contexts. It is suited for Japanese instruction following,...
tags:
  - reasoning
  - multimodal
  - tool-use
is_open_source: false
context_window: 262144
max_output: 65536
pricing:
  - image: 0
    input: 0.95
    output: 4
    provider: kilo
release_date: '2026-08-11'
capabilities:
  audio: false
  vision: true
  tool_use: true
  citations: false
  reasoning: true
---
Sakana: Sakana Namazu is a Multimodal model.
Sakana Namazu is a Japanese-specialized reasoning model from Sakana AI, based on Kimi K2.6 with additional training for Japanese language and business contexts. It is suited for Japanese instruction following,...