django model on create use __init__?

Let's say I have a class named Hero with a field named "name". Everytime a new Hero object is created, I want to append " is a hero". Can I use __init__ for that? Or is there a django-specific method I can override for that?

class Hero(modes.Model)
  name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
  def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
      name += " is a hero"
      super(Hero, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

django model on create use init?

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