Although it is unknown when Arakahi was appointed to an Omuraji (a government minister in ancient Japan), his name was first appeared in "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan) as Omuraji before Emperor Buretsu's enthronement.
麁鹿火の大連(古代日本)初任の時期は不明だが、『日本書紀』の武烈天皇即位前紀に大連として初めて名が現れる。