Sakana: Sakana Namazu

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Max Context Limit262,144Max Out: 65,536 tokens

Prompt Caching84% OFF$0.15 / 1M cached

Standard API / 1M$4.95🧠 Deep Reasoner

Model Capabilities & Contract SLAs

Reasoning
Coding & Logic
Fictional
🧠 Extended Test-Time Reasoning

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,...

Granular Pricing Matrix

Input Tokens (Standard Prompt)$0.95 / 1M

⚡ Cached Input (Prompt Cache Read)84% OFF$0.15 / 1M

Output Tokens (Completion)$4.00 / 1M

Pricing data via OpenRouter. Sync: 10/2/2026

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