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Sakana: Sakana Namazu

Source description (English)

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,...

Overview

Model specifications

Context
262,144 tokens
Maximum output
65,536 tokens
Architecture
text+image+file->text
Tokenizer
Other
Knowledge cutoff
Not provided
Moderated
No
OPENROUTER

Complete pricing

Synchronized OpenRouter rates. Token prices are shown per one million tokens.

Input
$0.95
per 1M tokens
Output
$4
per 1M tokens
Cache read
$0.15
per 1M tokens
Web search
$7
per 1,000 calls
Code Execution
$0.12
per hour
API

Model configuration

Reasoning

Reasoning required
No
Default parameters
high
Capabilities
high, none
API

Quick start

Set OPENROUTER_API_KEY locally. Python requires requests; JavaScript runs in Node.js. Keep the key on the server.

API documentation

curl --fail-with-body https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"sakana/sakana-namazu","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello!"}]}'
Capabilities

InputOutput

Input
textimagefile
Output
text
Reasoning

Yes · high · none

API

Supported API parameters

include_reasoningreasoningreasoning_effortstructured_outputstool_choicetoolsweb_search_options
Available providers

1 Provider

Checked: September 7, 2026

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OpenRouter

Sakana AI

Not provided
Context
262K
Maximum output
66K
Input
$0.95
Output
$4
Cache read
$0.15
Cache write
Not provided
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