Henken Bekkener

Infobox animanga character
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series = Mobile Suit Gundam


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first = Episode 3, Inside the Capsule
last = Episode 49, Casualties of War
creator =
voiced by = Jūrōta Kosugi (Japanese)
David Pettitt (English)
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death = UC 0087
nationality = Earth Federation
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divider = yes
aux1 name = Allegiance
aux1 = E.F.S.F [pre-MSG-Z]
AEUG [MSG-Z]
aux2 name = Rank
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aux3 name = Mobile weapons
aux3 = nihongo|Henken Bekkener|ヘンケン・ベッケナー|Henken Bekkenā is a fictional character appearing in the Zeta Gundam series of the Gundam universe.

History

Henken, a ship captain in the AEUG is first seen in command of the Argama. He works closely with Quattro Bagina and former senator, now AEUG founder Blex Forra. A tall, burly, jovial and good natured man, he nonetheless takes his job seriously and even turns over command of Argama to Bright Noa, acknowledging Bright's professional experience. Henken subsequently transfers to the "Irish"-class battleship "Radish".

Henken is attracted to Emma Sheen and Emma shyly but good naturedly reciprocates the affection somewhat. Sadly, however, Henken is killed in battle when he maneuvers the "Radish" to draw Yazan Gable's fire from Emma. Ironically, Yazan later succeeded in killing Emma when he destroyed Reccoa Londe's Palace Athene, and the explosion shrapnel hit and fatally wounded Emma.

In the Playstation 2 game Gihren's Greed, Henken is seen as a character in Earth Federation military uniform, showing that he had been with the Earth Forces prior to his defection to AEUG. Hanken was also onboard a battleship during the battle of A Baoa Qu and caught a glimpse of Char Aznable. It is implied that Henken is one of the people who suspects who Quattro Bajeena is the Red Comet.