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Unknown OrganizationReleased on Aug 3, 2026

Sakana Namazu: API Pricing, Context Window & Benchmarks

Sakana Namazu is a language model from Unknown Organization, released in August 2026, with multimodal input, a 256K-token context window, and pricing from $0.950/M input, $0.150/M cached input, $4.00/M output.

Sakana Namazu is Sakana AI's proprietary closed API model specialized for Japanese language and Japanese business contexts. It is a post-trained derivative of Moonshot's open Kimi K2.6 with in-house data for Japanese/business adaptation

Input
TextImage
Output
Text

Sakana Namazu benchmarks

Capability tiers

Standing within each category, adjusted for leaderboard depth.

Real tasks performance

High-confidence performance for Sakana Namazu across real-world prompt categories. Only 95% intervals at most 4 points wide are shown.

Performance by conversation depth

How Sakana Namazu holds up as conversations get longer.

Quality Tracker

Sakana Namazu Performance Across Datasets

Scores sourced from the model's scorecard, paper, or official blog posts

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Sakana Namazu pricing

Providers

Sakana Namazu starts at $0.950 per million input tokens and $4.00 per million output tokens via Sakana AI. Reused prompt prefixes cost $0.150 per million cached input tokens.

ProviderInput $/MCached input $/MOutput $/MContext in / outTTFT p95 sOutput p5 c/sModalities in / out
Sakana AI logoSakana AI
$0.950$0.150$4.00256.0K/256.0K
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Cached input is the discounted price for prompt tokens served from a provider cache. TTFT is time to first token. Output is characters per second; p5 is the sustained floor exceeded by 95% of observed requests.

Sakana Namazu context window

Input and output token limits for Sakana Namazu, plus how it ranks on long-context understanding.

InputOutput
256Ktokens
256Ktokens
385 pages of text
256K
8K128K1M

Sakana Namazu API

Available from the model provider

Sakana Namazu is available from Sakana AI. It is not currently routed through the LLM Stats gateway.

Read the official API documentation

Sakana Namazu latency

Sakana Namazu time to first token, sustained output throughput, and failed-request rate from live API traffic over the trailing 7 days.

Sakana Namazu examples

Recent arena outputs from Sakana Namazu, picked from the highest-ranked matchups.

Sakana Namazu license

Sakana Namazu is a proprietary model available under its provider's product and API terms.

License
Proprietary
Hosted access

Proprietary license - usage restrictions apply

Sakana Namazu resources

Official sources for Sakana Namazu: api documentation, official playground, source repository.

Sakana Namazu vs other models

The most-compared alternatives to Sakana Namazu are Qwen3.7 Max, Kimi K2.6, Qwen3.6 Plus. Open any pair side-by-side for benchmarks, pricing, context, and latency.

Models like Sakana Namazu

Models ranked just above and below Sakana Namazu by LLM Stats score.

 

Qwen3.7 Max

Score pending
 

Kimi K2.6

Score pending
 

Qwen3.6 Plus

Score pending
 

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Score pending
 

Qwen3.8-27B

Score pending
 

GLM-5.2

Score pending

FAQ

Common questions about Sakana Namazu.

When was Sakana Namazu released?

Sakana Namazu was released on August 3, 2026 by sakana. This is the official Sakana Namazu release date tracked on LLM Stats.

How much does Sakana Namazu cost?

Sakana Namazu pricing starts at $0.95 per million input tokens, $0.15 per million cached input tokens, $4.00 per million output tokens via Sakana AI, the lowest price among tracked providers.

Is Sakana Namazu available via API?

Yes, Sakana Namazu is available via API. See the official documentation for authentication and endpoint details. It is served by 1 provider tracked on LLM Stats.

Who created Sakana Namazu?

Sakana Namazu was created by sakana.

What is the license for Sakana Namazu?

Sakana Namazu is released under the Proprietary license.

Is Sakana Namazu multimodal?

Yes, Sakana Namazu is multimodal and can accept both text and images as input.

Where can I use Sakana Namazu?

Sakana Namazu is available through 1 provider including Sakana AI.

Where is the Sakana Namazu paper or technical report?

Sakana Namazu has a paper or technical report available at https://sakana.ai/namazu-api/. Use that source for architecture, training, release and evaluation details.

What models should I compare Sakana Namazu against?

Common Sakana Namazu comparisons include Sakana Namazu vs Qwen3.7 Max, Sakana Namazu vs Kimi K2.6, Sakana Namazu vs Qwen3.6 Plus. Compare them side by side for benchmark scores, pricing, context window, latency and API availability.