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MODEL PROOF # Sakana Namazu Sakana AI · 11 Aug 2026 Balanced Summarise Chat Code gen Agentic NOT INDEPENDENTLY RATED ## No independent LMArena score is published for this model. **$1.71** / 1M tokens Balanced · 3 tokens in per 1 out Evidence as of 06 Oct 2026 [openrouter/models](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models) Independent LMArena score Not independently rated Context window 262.14K Maximum output 65.54K Input modalities text, image, file Output modalities text Published input price $0.950 / 1M tokens Published output price $4.00 / 1M tokens Pricing kind fixed Inspect [complete billing conditions](#billing-details) and endpoint terms below. Price from Sakana AI: the cheapest offer that is serving, at standard delivery and at the maker’s precision or better, at its standard rate. Every price dimension · USD per million tokens | Input | $0.950 /M | | --- | --- | | Output | $4.00 /M | | Cached input | $0.150 /M | | Cache write | Unknown /M | | Cache write 1h | Unknown /M | | Reasoning | Unknown /M | | Web search | $0.007 /call | ### Who sells it The same weights, different shops. Cheapest is not like-for-like when serving precision differs. 1 provider offers · rates, limits and conditions Rates are USD per million tokens. Endpoint terms can differ even when the quoted price and precision match. A listed parameter is a provider declaration, not a task-success test. | Seller | Input | Output | Precision | Uptime (1d) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Seller Sakana AI sakana Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.150 Context limit 262,144 tokens Output limit 65,536 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes Unknown | Input $0.950 | Output $4.00 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 100.00% | ### Independent scores No independent benchmark has measured this model. Unrated is not a score of zero. ### Capability | Context window | 262K | | --- | --- | | Max output | 65K | | Input modes | text, image, file | | Tool use | yes | | Reasoning | optional | | Open weights | Unknown | ### Provenance | Price source | [openrouter.ai](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models) | | --- | --- | | Fetched | 2026-10-06 | | Quality data | unrated | 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,... ## Questions this page answers What does Sakana Namazu cost? $0.950/M in, $4.00/M out in this catalogue, as of the fetch date on this page. That is the API row, not a subscription. Does Sakana Namazu have an independent quality score? Sakana Namazu has no independent quality score in this catalogue. Unrated is not a score of zero. What beats Sakana Namazu? Sakana Namazu has no independent quality score. Unrated is not a score of zero. Does this page use Artificial Analysis scores for Sakana Namazu? No. Artificial Analysis figures are not published here. Quality on this page is LMArena Elo where a score exists; otherwise the row is unrated. Does a missing score mean Sakana Namazu scored zero? Unrated is not a score of zero. MODEL MONUMENT ## Save or share this proof Download proof card · 1200 × 630 Preview and more sharing options Sakana: Sakana Namazu. Balanced workload. Not independently rated. Evidence as of 06 Oct 2026. Copy model link Download square card · 1080 × 1080 Copy landscape image Share landscape card ## Related No independent quality score, so there is no dominator to name. 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