ALIVESTAGE

2.5 Dimension Dance Live ALIVE Stage (2.5次元ダンスライブ「ALIVE」ステージ 2.5 Jigen Dansu Raibu「ALIVE」Sutēji) aka ALIVESTAGE, or IVESTA (イブステ IBUSUTE) for short, is a 2.5 dimension dance live series featuring Growth, SOARA, and ZIX.

Overview
Season one of the series was comprised of three episodes, Let us go singing as far as we go; the road will be less tedious. – utai nagara hokou yo –, TSUKIHANA KAGURA Ao to Midori no Monogatari & SCHOOL REVOLUTION Hello Kami-sama Boku wa Koko ni Iru！, with the first two episodes occurring in 2019 and the third in late 2020. The series initially only featured Growth & ZIX prior to IVESTA's appearance in the fourth episode of S.Q.S, TSUKINO EMPIRE2 BEGINNING OF THE WORLD, with the play being SOARA's stage debut.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic it was announced on April 10, 2020, that the third episode would be cancelled due to new health & safety regulations in Tokyo. The members of IVESTA, along with the cast of S.Q.S, were also scheduled to make their first appearance in a live (strictly dance performances and little to no story segments) in 2020 at LUNATIC LIVE 2020 TAIWAN, prior to the events cancellation alongside episode 3. The performances for episode 3 were eventually rescheduled and the play took place October 29 - November 8, 2020.

Most of the cast of IVESTA were also scheduled to feature in the new TSUKIPRO STAGE, or PROSTA for short, series alongside the members of TSUKISTA, premiering with Machine Elements Stage：eins「Sora wo Wataru Kaze」 in late 2020. Similar to episode 3, the play was initially cancelled due to COVID-19 but at TSUKIPRO Sohonten it was announced that the play had been rescheduled, with some minor cast adjustments due to the schedule change.

A second season of IVESTA was announced at the end of the final performance of episode 3, coinciding with the final hour of the TSUKIPRO Sohonten event. Like season one, there were three main episodes, however in addition to these there was be a "Side Story" episode focusing on ZIX. Episode 4 & 5 along with the ZIX play ran in 2021 and episode 6 in early 2022. No announcements were initially made regarding the cast when the second season was revealed, but on December 1, 2020, when the profiles for the fourth episode were shared it was revealed that all cast members except for Mitani Reo would be reprising their roles. To replace Mitani, the role of Sakuraba Ryota was recast and he was played by Tachibana Ryo for the second season.

Following the final performance of their sixth episode, it was announced that IVESTA would be receiving a third season, as well as another appearance in the TSUKIPRO STAGE series. As with the announcement of the second season's episodes, no announcements regarding the cast were made in regards to the third season. However, a few days later Tachibana Ryo announced that he would be retiring from acting in late April, and as a result he will be graduating from the cast of IVESTA and the role of Ryota would recast for the upcoming third season. When the theme and title for the seventh episode were revealed in late 2022 it was also announced that in addition to the recasting of Ryota a new actor would also be taking over the role of Arihara Morihito. Kageyama Tatsuya and Tanaka Naoki will be appearing the roles of Morihito and Ryota respectively for the third season.

IVESTA have also received their first TV season similar to S.Q.S TV & TSUKISTA TV: IVESTA TV, which began airing in April, 2020.

Cast

 * Shiozawa Hidemasa as Eto Koki
 * Ishikawa Sho as Yaegashi Kensuke
 * Mitani Reo (season 1), Tachibana Ryo (season 2) , & Tanaka Naoki (current) as Sakuraba Ryota
 * Iwasa Yuki as Fujimura Mamoru
 * Horita Ryusei as Ohara Sora
 * Ishiwatari Mashu (seasons 1 & 2) & Kageyama Tatsuya (current) as Arihara Morihito
 * Yoshida Chihiro as Kagurazaka Soshi
 * Ueda Shinichiroh as Munakata Ren
 * Sawashiro Chiharu (S.Q.S episode 4) & Watanabe Hibiki (IVESTA) as Nanase Nozomu
 * Igarashi Tact as Sugai Makoto
 * Yamane Riki as Hishida Mitsuru