History
Araki is a close friend of Yu Komori. When the Lizard-Man began attacking the facilities of Koda Pharmaceuticals, the company where Araki's father worked, he and Komori travelled to the Inumaru Residence to try and see if Komori's friend Professor Inumaru could help them. Undenounced to Araki and Komori, Inumaru was actually the Lizard-Man, so Inumaru transformed into the Lizard-Man and kidnapped Araki so that he could get revenge on Araki's father.
The Lizard-Man knocked Araki out and took him to the Miyashiro Zoo before using him as bait for Araki's father. Once Araki's father arrived at the zoo, he dropped Araki into a pool filled with Alligators to get revenge on Araki's father. Luckily for Araki, Spider-Man saved him from the jaws of death at the last second.[1]