sakana / text-generation API-only released 2026-08-11

Sakana Namazu

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,...

Input / 1M
$0.95
Output / 1M
$4.00
Context
262.1K
AA Intelligence
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Closed weights — available only as a hosted API text + image + file → text View on OpenRouter ↗

Pricing

via OpenRouter · USD per 1M tokens · synced 2026-10-24
$0.95
input / 1M
$4.00
output / 1M
$0.15
cached input / 1M
$4.95
1M in + 1M out
Context window
262,144 tokens
Max output
65,536 tokens
Providers
1
Cheapest provider
Sakana AI · $0.95 / $4.00
Best throughput
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AA Intelligence / Coding / Agentic
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✓ Tool calling ✓ Reasoning ✓ Structured outputs ✓ Image input ✓ File input ✗ Audio input ✓ Prompt caching

Price history

tracking started — chart appears after 7 days of snapshots (6 recorded)
Current: $0.95 input · $4.00 output per 1M tokens

Providers

1 provider · per 1M tokens · last 30 min metrics
ProviderQuantContextInputOutputUptimeTok/s
Sakana AI unknown 262.1K $0.95 $4.00 — —
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Specifications

Organisation
sakana
Released on OpenRouter
2026-08-11
Context window
262,144 tokens
Max output
65,536 tokens
Input
text, image, file
Output
text
Tokenizer
Other
Moderated by provider
No
OpenRouter id
sakana/sakana-namazu
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