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Release timeline
Stages observed by the nightly radar: announced → API only → weights public → served by third parties. Each entry carries the source it was seen at.
- 2026-08-11 · API only source seeded from the earliest dated observation when first seen · observed 2026-10-07 20:20 UTC
Description
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,...
via OpenRouter listing · observed 2026-10-24 21:26 UTC. The listing text is the provider's own description, not an assessment.
Where to run 1 providers · 1 endpoints
Hosted endpoints observed for Sakana Namazu, sorted by input price (USD per million tokens). Each row names its observer and date; prices change daily, so check the source before quoting. Cheapest observed input price: $0.95/M.
| Provider | Model ref | Context | Quant | $/M in | $/M out | tok/s | TTFT | Tools | Status | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sakana AI openrouter | sakana/sakana-namazu | 256K | unknown | $0.95 | $4.00 | — | — | yes | live | 2026-10-24 |
Third-party providers observed: 1 (Sakana AI). Cache-read price $0.15/M (source, observed 2026-10-24).
Facts
| Context length | 262,144 tokens (256K) · OpenRouter listing |
|---|---|
| Modalities | text + image + file → text |
| Max completion tokens | 65,536 |
| Supported parameters | include_reasoning, reasoning, reasoning_effort, structured_outputs, tool_choice, tools, web_search_options |
| Openness | Closed weights · closed lab |
| Stage | API only |
| Confidence | medium |
| Pricing (USD per M tokens) |
in $0.95 · out $4.00 · cache read $0.15 OpenRouter list price (cheapest live endpoint) · source · observed 2026-10-24 21:26 UTC |
Open alternatives 5
Nearest open-weights models by modality, context and price on this watch list. Not a quality ranking.
| Model | Org | Params | Context | $/M in | License | Why it is here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.5-4B | Qwen | 4.66B | 256K | — | apache-2.0 | similar context (262K), vision input |
| Kimi-K2.6 | moonshotai | 1.03T | 256K | $0.45 | other | similar context (262K), cheaper input price ($0.44935/M vs $0.95/M), vision input |
| Qwen3.5-397B-A17B | Qwen | 403B | 256K | $0.39 | apache-2.0 | similar context (262K), cheaper input price ($0.39/M vs $0.95/M), vision input |
| Kimi-K2.5 | moonshotai | 1.03T | 256K | $0.45 | other | similar context (262K), cheaper input price ($0.45/M vs $0.95/M), vision input |
| Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct | Qwen | 8.77B | 256K | $0.25 | apache-2.0 | similar context (262K), cheaper input price ($0.25/M vs $0.95/M), vision input |
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Sources
- openrouter sakana/sakana-namazu · observed 2026-10-24 21:26 UTC
Radar run: 2026-10-25 06:51 UTC · Last verified 2026-10-25 06:51 UTC