Sakana: Sakana Namazu
by SakanaSakana: Sakana Namazu is a large language model from Sakana. It costs $0.950 per million input tokens and $4.00 per million output tokens. Its context window is 262K tokens.
- Input / 1M tokens
- $0.950
- Output / 1M tokens
- $4.00
- Cached input / 1M
- $0.150
- Context window
- 262K
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This model also charges $0.007 per search request
That is $7.00 per 1,000 requests, billed on top of the token prices above. On a typical 1,000-in / 500-out exchange the tokens cost $0.0029, so the search fee is 2.4× the token cost. Per-token rankings elsewhere ignore this entirely.
Who serves it cheapest
1 hosts serve Sakana Namazu. Same weights, same API - the price difference is pure margin and routing.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Throughput | Uptime 24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sakana AICheapest | $0.950 | $4.00 | 262K | - | 100.0% |
About 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,...
Specifications
| Model ID | sakana/sakana-namazu |
|---|---|
| Provider | Sakana |
| Context window | 262K tokens |
| Max output | 66K tokens |
| Input modalities | text, image, file |
| Output modalities | text |
| Knowledge cutoff | - |
| Open weights | No |
| Released | August 11, 2026 |
Cheaper alternatives
Models that cost less than Sakana Namazu while keeping at least half its context window and every input modality it supports.
Frequently asked
How much does Sakana: Sakana Namazu cost?
$0.950 per million input tokens and $4.00 per million output tokens. Cached input reads cost $0.150 per million tokens.
What is the context window of Sakana: Sakana Namazu?
262K tokens, with up to 66K tokens of output per request.
Does Sakana: Sakana Namazu have extra fees beyond per-token pricing?
Yes. Sakana: Sakana Namazu charges $0.007 per search request - $7.00 per 1,000 requests - on top of $0.950 per million input tokens and $4.00 per million output tokens. On a typical 1,000-input / 500-output exchange the search fee alone is 2.4× the token cost.