Sakana Namazu
by Sakana · sakana/sakana-namazu · #284 cheapest of 422 paid models
Prices updated Sep 19, 2026, 6:22 PM UTC · refreshed hourly
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,...
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Pricing
Input
$0.95
per 1M tokens
Output
$4.00
per 1M tokens
Blended (3:1)
$1.71
3 input : 1 output
Cache read
$0.15
per 1M cached tokens
Cache write
—
per 1M tokens
Cache & batch economics
Effective prices for Sakana Namazu with prompt caching.
| Cache hit rate | Effective blended $/1M | Example request* | vs no cache |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0% | $1.71 | $0.1009 | — |
| 50% | $1.41 | $0.0609 | −40% |
| 90% | $1.17 | $0.0289 | −71% |
*Example: 100K sticky context + 2K new input + 1K output. Batch discount is an approximate 50% off list rates (available for OpenAI / Anthropic / Google — not flagged for this creator). Confirm on the vendor’s pricing page.
What a request costs
| Workload | Input tokens | Output tokens | Cost / request | Cost / 1K requests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short chat message | 500 | 300 | $0.001675 | $1.67 |
| Document summary | 8,000 | 1,000 | $0.0116 | $11.60 |
| Codebase question (RAG) | 30,000 | 2,000 | $0.0365 | $36.50 |
| Long-context analysis | 150,000 | 5,000 | $0.1625 | $162.50 |
Specs
Context window
262K
tokens
Max output
66K
tokens
Input modalities
text, image, file
Tokenizer
Other