Araiba was a product of the youth system of
Gamba Osaka. He made two first team appearances for Gamba in 1997 while he still belonged to their youth team. He signed a professional contract in 1998 and started to play regularly for the club's first team. He played mainly as left midfielder. He moved to
Kashima Antlers in 2004. He played as left side-back as
Naoki Soma successor. The club won the league champions for 3 years in a row (
2007-
2009). The club also won
2007,
2010 Emperor's Cup,
2011 and
2012 J.League Cup. He moved to his local Osaka league and signed with
Cerezo Osaka in 2013. He retired at the end of the 2014 season. ==National team career==