Sakana Namazu
Japanese-specialized reasoning model based on Kimi K2.6 and tuned for Japanese language, culture, and business workflows.
- Capability
- —No ECI score yet
- Input
- $0.95per 1M tokens
- Output
- $4.00per 1M tokens
- Context
- 262K66K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $0.95per million tokens
- Output
- $4.00per million tokens
- Cached input
- $0.15per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $1.71pricier than 66% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $3.90 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $43.75 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $437.50 |
Official Sakana AI API price, as listed on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Sakana Namazu yet.
The details
- Lab
- Sakana AI
- Released
- Aug 3, 2026
- Context window
- 262,144 tokens
- Max output
- 65,536 tokens
- Inputs
- Text, Images, PDFs
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- Can be switched on or off
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Structured output
- Yes
- Weights
- Proprietary
- API model ID
sakana-namazuon Sakana AI- Availability
- 5 API providerslisted on models.dev
What Sakana AI claims
Published by the lab at launch. Settings vary, so compare these only with care.
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About Sakana Namazu
How much does Sakana Namazu cost?
Sakana Namazu costs $0.95 input / $4.00 output per million tokens (official Sakana AI API price). Cached input is $0.15 per million tokens. At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $1.71 per million tokens, more expensive than 66% of the 360 priced models we track.
What is the context window of Sakana Namazu?
Sakana Namazu accepts up to 262,144 tokens per request and can write up to 65,536 tokens in one response.
How good is Sakana Namazu?
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Sakana Namazu yet.
Is Sakana Namazu open source?
No. Sakana Namazu is proprietary; you use it through Sakana AI’s API or partner platforms.
What inputs does Sakana Namazu support?
Sakana Namazu accepts text, images and PDFs and replies in text. It is a reasoning model, supports tool calling and can return structured JSON output.
When was Sakana Namazu released?
Sakana AI released Sakana Namazu on Aug 3, 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Sakana Namazu?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Seed 2.1 Pro (ByteDance Seed, $0.891 / $4.45), MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed (Xiaomi, $1.30 / $2.61), Step 5 Preview (StepFun, $1.00 / $2.70) and DeepSeek V4 Pro (DeepSeek, $1.32 / $3.00).