Henken Bekkener

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Henken Bekkener
Mobile Suit Gundam character
Voiced by	Jūrōta Kosugi (Japanese) David Pettitt (English)
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Date of death	UC 0087
Nationality	Earth Federation
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Allegiance	E.F.S.F [pre-MSG-Z] AEUG [MSG-Z]

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.

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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 implyed that Hanken is one of the people who suspects who Quattro Bajeena is the Red Commet.