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Sakana Namazu
Sakana Namazu is Sakana AI's proprietary closed API model specialized for Japanese language and Japanese business contexts.
Updated Aug 17, 2026. Default version: Sakana Namazu
LLMBoard Score72.2Sakana Namazu
Coverage60%3 benchmark families
Context window256KTokens
Official input priceN/AOfficial price unavailable
Sakana Namazu Capability Profile
This profile uses the model's current scored version. Arena ratings and prices are shown separately.
Sakana Namazu Benchmark Results
Benchmark scores for Sakana Namazu.
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Benchmark | Score | Rank | Participants | Percentile | Evidence | Evaluated |
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| BenchmarkMMLU-Pro | Score90.3% | Rank01 | Participants134 | Percentile100.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkAIME 2026 | Score96.7% | Rank02 | Participants21 | Percentile95.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkLiveCodeBench v6 | Score90.3% | Rank02 | Participants56 | Percentile98.2% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
Sakana Namazu Arena Results
Preference and agent-evaluation results for the default version.
No Arena results
The default version does not have a matching Arena result yet.
Sakana Namazu Pricing
Official vendor API pricing appears first, followed by individual provider offers.
- Official API
- N/A
- Official provider
- N/A
- Lowest third-party
- From $0.95 input, $4 output per 1M via OpenRouter
- Tracked offerings
- 2
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Provider | Provider model ID | Region | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Updated |
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| ProviderOpenRouter | Provider model IDsakana/sakana-namazu | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderVercel AI Gateway | Provider model IDsakana/namazu | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context256K | Updated |
Official prices use only the vendor's configured official Provider and positive standard USD PAYG rates. Third-party offers remain explicitly labeled.
Sakana Namazu Runtime Performance
Provider-specific output speed and catalog latency for Sakana Namazu. Runtime does not affect the capability score.
No runtime data
Browse runtime rankingsNo provider-specific speed or latency record is linked to the default version yet.
Output Speed is generated output tokens received per second. Catalog latency is reported separately from observed provider TTFT.
Sakana Namazu Specifications
Technical details for the model's default version.
- Version
- Sakana Namazu
- Released
- Aug 3, 2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- Unknown
- Parameters
- N/A
- Context window
- 256K
- Max output
- 256K
- Inputs
- image, text
- Outputs
- text
- Open weights
- No
- License
- Proprietary
Sakana Namazu Versions
Available versions of this model. The score column identifies the version used in the overall ranking.
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Version | Released | LLMBoard | Parameters | Context | Max output | Open weights | License |
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| VersionSakana Namazu | Released | LLMBoard72.2 | ParametersN/A | Context256K | Max output256K | Open weightsNo | LicenseProprietary |
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What is Sakana Namazu?
Key information about Sakana Namazu and its available data.
Sakana Namazu is Sakana AI's proprietary closed API model specialized for Japanese language and Japanese business contexts. 6 with in-house data for Japanese/business adaptation and reduced refusals/bias. Modalities: text, image, and file inputs → text output.
Built-in tools include web_search and code_interpreter (code execution). Context window 256K. 0). 00 output per 1M tokens; thinking tokens billed as output. 12 per hour (session retained). Not yet available in the EU/EEA, UK, or Switzerland pending GDPR and region-specific compliance. 9033. 522 — recorded here only.
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Data as of 2026-08-17.
FAQ
Common questions about Sakana Namazu.
When was Sakana Namazu released?
Sakana Namazu's default version was released on Aug 3, 2026.
How much does Sakana Namazu cost?
No official standard PAYG price is currently available for Sakana Namazu. The lowest tracked third-party offer starts at $0.95 input and $4 output via OpenRouter.
Who created Sakana Namazu?
Sakana Namazu was created by Sakana AI.
What is the context window for Sakana Namazu?
The default version has a 256K token context window.
Is Sakana Namazu open weight?
No. The default version is not marked as having publicly available weights.
How many API providers offer Sakana Namazu?
2 provider offerings are linked to the default version.
What models should I compare Sakana Namazu with?
Nearby ranked alternatives include Muse Spark, Qwen3.7 Plus, Claude Sonnet 4.6.