Photo: 玄史生 / CC0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Xia Da is a reminder to me that comics talent travels. She's a Chinese manhua artist, and the data oddly labels her American, which I'd disregard. What draws me in is the reception: her work, especially Zi Bu Yu and Chang Ge Xing, was praised for a classical, almost painterly style, and it landed well in Japan, a notoriously hard market for outside artists to crack. Five million copies sold by 2018 tells me this wasn't a cult success but a genuine commercial one. I find it telling that she earned respect on both sides of a sometimes prickly cultural border purely on the strength of her linework.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Xia Da
- Name (Japanese)
- 夏達
- Reading
- か・たつ
- Born
- April 4, 1981 (age 45)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Rooster
- Origin
- Huaihua, People's Republic of China
- Occupation
- comics artist / manhuajia
2. Background
- University
- Changsha University of Science and Technology
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%8F%E9%81%94
Frequently asked questions
When was Xia Da born?
Born April 4, 1981 (age 45).
Where is Xia Da from?
Xia Da is from Huaihua, People's Republic of China.
What does Xia Da do?
Xia Da works as comics artist, manhuajia.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.