diff --git a/backend/app/api/extension.py b/backend/app/api/extension.py
index b917882..20b1b30 100644
--- a/backend/app/api/extension.py
+++ b/backend/app/api/extension.py
@@ -84,11 +84,15 @@ async def quick_add_source():
     if not isinstance(url, str) or not url.strip():
         return _bad("invalid_body", detail="url is required")
 
+    from .credentials import _get_crypto
+
     async with get_session() as session:
         if not await _ext_key_required(session):
             return _bad("unauthorized", status=401)
         try:
-            result = await ExtensionService(session).quick_add_source(url)
+            # crypto lets a pixiv add resolve the artist's display name via the
+            # stored OAuth token (else it falls back to the numeric id). #130.
+            result = await ExtensionService(session, _get_crypto()).quick_add_source(url)
         except UnknownPlatformError as exc:
             return _bad(
                 "unknown_platform",
diff --git a/backend/app/services/extension_service.py b/backend/app/services/extension_service.py
index a5a932f..737cabb 100644
--- a/backend/app/services/extension_service.py
+++ b/backend/app/services/extension_service.py
@@ -61,15 +61,38 @@ _PLATFORM_PATTERNS: list[tuple[str, re.Pattern[str]]] = [
 
 
 class ExtensionService:
-    def __init__(self, session: AsyncSession) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, session: AsyncSession, crypto=None) -> None:
         self.session = session
+        # Optional decryptor for resolving a token-auth platform's display name
+        # (pixiv) at add-time. None → skip resolution, fall back to the handle.
+        self._crypto = crypto
 
     async def quick_add_source(self, url: str) -> dict:
         platform, raw_slug = self._derive(url)
-        artist, created_artist = await self._find_or_create_artist(raw_slug)
+        # Identity by SOURCE handle (#130): an existing (platform, url) source
+        # keeps its artist on re-add — even if that artist was since renamed (its
+        # frozen slug no longer matches the current name). Only a genuinely new
+        # source resolves/creates an artist.
+        existing = (await self.session.execute(
+            select(Source).where(Source.platform == platform, Source.url == url)
+        )).scalar_one_or_none()
+        if existing is not None:
+            artist = (await self.session.execute(
+                select(Artist).where(Artist.id == existing.artist_id)
+            )).scalar_one()
+            return self._shape(existing, artist, created_source=False, created_artist=False)
+
+        # New source → name the artist properly. Pixiv's URL yields only the
+        # numeric id, so resolve the real display name via the app API.
+        name = await self._resolve_artist_name(platform, raw_slug)
+        artist, created_artist = await self._find_or_create_artist(name)
         source, created_source = await self._find_or_create_source(
             artist_id=artist.id, platform=platform, url=url,
         )
+        return self._shape(source, artist, created_source, created_artist)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _shape(source, artist, created_source: bool, created_artist: bool) -> dict:
         return {
             "source": {
                 "id": source.id,
@@ -87,6 +110,27 @@ class ExtensionService:
             "created_artist": created_artist,
         }
 
+    async def _resolve_artist_name(self, platform: str, raw_slug: str) -> str:
+        """A human display name for a new artist. Pixiv's URL carries only the
+        numeric user id, so resolve the real name via the app API (curator holds
+        the OAuth token); every other platform's URL handle is already readable.
+        Falls back to raw_slug on any failure (no token, API error)."""
+        if platform != "pixiv" or self._crypto is None:
+            return raw_slug
+        import asyncio
+
+        from .credential_service import CredentialService
+        from .pixiv_client import PixivClient
+
+        token = await CredentialService(self.session, self._crypto).get_token("pixiv")
+        if not token:
+            return raw_slug
+        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+        name = await loop.run_in_executor(
+            None, PixivClient(token).resolve_display_name, raw_slug
+        )
+        return name or raw_slug
+
     async def probe(self, url: str) -> dict:
         """Read-only resolution of a creator-page URL against the FC DB.
         Returns one of:
diff --git a/backend/app/services/pixiv_client.py b/backend/app/services/pixiv_client.py
index e6b5fea..6335827 100644
--- a/backend/app/services/pixiv_client.py
+++ b/backend/app/services/pixiv_client.py
@@ -540,6 +540,19 @@ class PixivClient:
                 return
             current = str(next_url).rpartition("?")[2]
 
+    # -- user detail ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def resolve_display_name(self, user_id: str) -> str | None:
+        """The pixiv user's display name via `/v1/user/detail` (gallery-dl's
+        user_detail) — used to name the Artist when a source is added by numeric
+        id. None on any failure (the caller falls back to the id)."""
+        try:
+            body = self._call("/v1/user/detail", {"user_id": str(user_id)})
+        except PixivAPIError:
+            return None
+        name = (body.get("user") or {}).get("name") if isinstance(body, dict) else None
+        return name if isinstance(name, str) and name.strip() else None
+
     # -- verify --------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def verify_auth(self) -> tuple[bool | None, str]:
diff --git a/tests/test_api_extension.py b/tests/test_api_extension.py
index 98c7dec..714ce49 100644
--- a/tests/test_api_extension.py
+++ b/tests/test_api_extension.py
@@ -65,6 +65,47 @@ async def test_quick_add_source_idempotent(client, ext_key):
     assert body2["created_artist"] is False
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_quick_add_reuses_source_artist_after_rename(client, ext_key):
+    # #130 identity-by-source: after renaming the artist (slug frozen ≠ new
+    # name-slug), re-adding the SAME source must reuse it — a slug-based lookup
+    # would miss and duplicate the artist.
+    url = "https://www.subscribestar.com/renamed-creator"
+    h = {"X-Extension-Key": ext_key}
+    a1 = (await (await client.post(
+        "/api/extension/quick-add-source", json={"url": url}, headers=h
+    )).get_json())["artist"]
+    await client.patch(f"/api/artists/{a1['id']}", json={"name": "Totally Different"})
+    b2 = await (await client.post(
+        "/api/extension/quick-add-source", json={"url": url}, headers=h
+    )).get_json()
+    assert b2["created_artist"] is False
+    assert b2["artist"]["id"] == a1["id"]
+    assert b2["artist"]["name"] == "Totally Different"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_resolve_artist_name_pixiv_uses_api(db, monkeypatch):
+    # #130: a pixiv add resolves the display name via the app API (with a token),
+    # not the numeric id; falls back to the id without crypto/token.
+    from backend.app.services.credential_service import CredentialService
+    from backend.app.services.extension_service import ExtensionService
+    from backend.app.services.pixiv_client import PixivClient
+
+    async def _tok(self, platform):
+        return "tok" if platform == "pixiv" else None
+    monkeypatch.setattr(CredentialService, "get_token", _tok)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        PixivClient, "resolve_display_name", lambda self, uid: "Kurotsuchi Machi"
+    )
+
+    svc = ExtensionService(db, crypto=object())     # crypto unused (token stubbed)
+    assert await svc._resolve_artist_name("pixiv", "555") == "Kurotsuchi Machi"
+    assert await svc._resolve_artist_name("patreon", "alice") == "alice"   # passthrough
+    # No crypto → no resolution attempt → fall back to the raw handle.
+    assert await ExtensionService(db)._resolve_artist_name("pixiv", "555") == "555"
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("url,platform,slug", [
     ("https://www.patreon.com/maewix",                  "patreon",       "maewix"),
     ("https://patreon.com/maewix",                       "patreon",       "maewix"),
diff --git a/tests/test_pixiv_client.py b/tests/test_pixiv_client.py
index 1c60443..805c409 100644
--- a/tests/test_pixiv_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_pixiv_client.py
@@ -390,6 +390,24 @@ def test_verify_auth_bad_token():
     assert "rotate" in message.lower() or "rejected" in message.lower()
 
 
+def test_resolve_display_name(client, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        client, "_call",
+        lambda e, p: {"user": {"name": "Kurotsuchi Machi", "id": p["user_id"]}},
+    )
+    assert client.resolve_display_name("99") == "Kurotsuchi Machi"
+
+
+def test_resolve_display_name_none_on_failure(client, monkeypatch):
+    def boom(endpoint, params):
+        raise PixivAPIError("nope", status_code=404)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(client, "_call", boom)
+    assert client.resolve_display_name("99") is None
+    # Empty/whitespace name → None (caller falls back to the id).
+    monkeypatch.setattr(client, "_call", lambda e, p: {"user": {"name": "  "}})
+    assert client.resolve_display_name("99") is None
+
+
 # -- rating ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def test_rating_label():