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Sakana Namazu v1.0

Sakana Namazu v1.0 is a Sakana AI model with Not verified context, $0.95 in / $4 out per million tokens, last verified October 2, 2026. Open weights: not verified. Public-board scores are linked to the publisher; vendor-only figures stay in the watch-out, not on the board.

Sakana Namazu is a Japanese-focused Kimi K2.6 derivative served as a single-model API with built-in search and code execution.

Recorded profile verification October 2, 2026Individual provider fields may changeAccess: restricted — API launch August 3, 2026; regional restrictions apply. Sakana Chat availability is a separate product boundary.

AI model specification details
SpecificationSakana Namazu v1.0
ProviderSakana AI
TierBalanced
Context windowNot verifiedUnverified
Max outputNot verifiedUnverified
Input / 1M tokens$0.95
Output / 1M tokens$4
WeightsNot verifiedUnverified
ParametersNot verifiedUnverified
Reasoning levelsNot verifiedUnverified
Modalitiestext, image
API model idsakana-namazu-v1.0
ReleasedAugust 3, 2026

Pricing tiers: Pay-as-you-go $0.95/$4 per MTok, cached input $0.15. Thinking tokens bill as output. Web search is $7/1,000 calls; search and fetched bodies each count. Code execution costs $0.12/hour for session time. Every internal tool-loop call re-sends context and tool results and adds input/output usage. Namazu is excluded from subscription plans.

Best for

  • Japanese-language business workflows
  • Image and document-grounded assistance
  • Evaluating built-in research tools

Watch out

Unavailable in EU/EEA, UK and Switzerland. API docs advertise rounded 256K context; 65,536 generation tokens is the default including thinking, not a verified hard maximum. No discrete effort menu or downloadable tuned weights are verified; do not inherit Kimi's licence or weights. Image URL/base64 and file inputs are supported, with 4 MB per file. previous_response_id is rejected; Chat max_completion_tokens overrides max_tokens. Vendor internal Japanese benchmarks are not independent cross-model rankings.

History

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Common questions

Sakana Namazu v1.0

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How much does Sakana Namazu v1.0 cost per million tokens?
Sakana Namazu v1.0 lists base rates of $0.95 per million input tokens and $4 per million output tokens. Estimate both input and output token volume and any additional charges for your workload. Pay-as-you-go $0.95/$4 per MTok, cached input $0.15. Thinking tokens bill as output. Web search is $7/1,000 calls; search and fetched bodies each count. Code execution costs $0.12/hour for session time. Every internal tool-loop call re-sends context and tool results and adds input/output usage. Namazu is excluded from subscription plans.
What is Sakana Namazu v1.0 best for?
Sakana Namazu v1.0 is a balanced tier from Sakana AI. It suits japanese-language business workflows, image and document-grounded assistance, evaluating built-in research tools. Unavailable in EU/EEA, UK and Switzerland. API docs advertise rounded 256K context; 65,536 generation tokens is the default including thinking, not a verified hard maximum. No discrete effort menu or downloadable tuned weights are verified; do not inherit Kimi's licence or weights. Image URL/base64 and file inputs are supported, with 4 MB per file. previous_response_id is rejected; Chat max_completion_tokens overrides max_tokens. Vendor internal Japanese benchmarks are not independent cross-model rankings.
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