Using Sakana Namazu on Vercel AI Gateway

Implementation guide · Namazu · Sakana AI

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Vercel AI Gateway exposes Sakana Namazu through model ID sakana/namazu. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

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Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at Vercel AI Gateway and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the Vercel AI Gateway SDK or REST API to call sakana/namazu — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $0.95/1M input, $4.00/1M output tokens. See full pricing.
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Code Examples

Install
pip install openai
API key
AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY
Model ID
sakana/namazu

creator/model-name e.g. kwaipilot/kat-coder-pro-v2

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],
    base_url="https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="sakana/namazu",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Pricing on Vercel AI Gateway

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$0.95
Output tokens$4.00

Capabilities

ReasoningJSON / Tool use

About Sakana Namazu

Sakana Namazu is Sakana AI's Japanese-specialized LLM API, post-trained from Moonshot Kimi K2.6. Announced 2026-08-03. FP $0.95/$4.00 per 1M (cache $0.15).

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Model Specs

Released2026-08-03
Context256K

Also available on(2)

Sakana AI$0.95/1MOpenRouter$0.95/1M
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Provider

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